Libelous Letters in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England.

An essay is presented on libelous letters in the Stuart era of England. The author argues that the letters were influenced by socio-political processes and exploited for their textual properties regarding complaints, satire, and inscribed emotion. Customary practices of letter composition, signature...

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Published in:Modern Philology Vol. 105; no. 3; pp. 475 - 510
Main Author: Schneider, Gary
Format: Essay
Published: University of Chicago Press Feb2008
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