This landmark book of essays examines the development of women's letter writing from the late fifteenth to the early eighteen century. It is the first book to d

This book represents the most comprehensive study of women's letters and letter-writing during the early modern period so far undertaken, and acts as an importa

The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell examines a crucial period in the develo

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