Women of Letters, Manuscript Circulation, and Print Afterlives in the Eighteenth Century
Author | : M. Bigold |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2013-01-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137033574 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137033576 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women of Letters, Manuscript Circulation, and Print Afterlives in the Eighteenth Century written by M. Bigold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using unpublished manuscript writings, this book reinterprets material, social, literary, philosophical and religious contexts of women's letter-writing in the long 18th century. It shows how letter-writing functions as a form of literary manuscript exchange and argues for manuscript circulation as a method of engaging with the republic of letters.