Middle Class Writing in Late Medieval London

Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Richardson Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm Richardson
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781848930322
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-032-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The History of the Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval