Middle-class writing in late medieval London
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Middle-class writing in late medieval London
(The history of the book / series editor, Ann R. Hawkins, no. 7)
Pickering & Chatto, 2011
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Bibliography: p. 215-234
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Richardson explores how a powerful culture of writing was created in late medieval London, even though initially few inhabitants could actually write themselves. Whilst previous studies have tended to focus on middle-class literary reading patterns, this study examines writing skills separately both from reading skills and from literature.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Pirates and Pens
- Chapter 1 London Middle-Class Writing: The Institutional Bases
- Chapter 2 'An Inextricable Labyrinth': The Major Genres of Civic Life
- Chapter 3 English Middle-Class Writing in the Earlier Fifteenth Century: The Vernacular Letters
- Chapter 4 Women's Letters and Men's Books
- Chapter 5 Conclusions and Speculations
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