Women's Epistolary Utterance

Name: Women's Epistolary Utterance | A study of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611
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A study of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611

Graham T. Williams(Autor*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 18. September 2013

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Women's Epistolary Utterance
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 Research objectives
1.2 Previous research
1.3 Why the Thynne letters?
1.4 Theory and methodology: Historical utterance in writing
1.5 Overview of analyses
Chapter 2
The familial backdrop
Short biographies of the Thynne women
2.1 Joan (bap. 1558, d. 1612)
2.2 Maria (c.1578-1611)
Chapter 3
'Mouths have become hands'
Holograph vs. scribal utterance
3.1 Macro-context: The holograph/scribal distinction
3.2 Micro-context: Using scribes
3.3 Analysis I: Handwriting
3.4 Analysis II: Spatial organization of the page
3.5 Analysis III: Orthographies and abbreviation
3.6 Analysis IV: Scribes and language
3.6.1 Scribal practice(s)
3.6.2 Scribal variation in Joan Thynne's letters
3.7 Conclusion
Chapter 4
Ruling epistolary prose
Punctuation and textual-utterance markers
4.1 Textual utterances
4.2 Historical background to epistolary prose structure
4.3 Punctuation
4.3.1 Punctuation in Joan's holograph letters
4.3.2 Punctuation in Joan's scribal letters
4.3.3 Punctuation in Maria's letters
4.4 Lexical utterance markers
4.4.1 Connectives
4.4.2 Adverbial and subordinating connectors
4.4.3 Discourse markers and interjections
4.5 Present participles
4.6 Openings and closings
4.7 Conclusion
Chapter 5
Everyday magic verbs
Performative utterances
5.1 Performatives: Description and significance
5.2 Commissive performatives
5.3 Representative performatives
5.4 Expressive performatives
5.5 Directive performatives
5.6 Negative data?
5.7 Conclusion
Chapter 6
Utterance, power and politeness
The letter exchange between Joan Thynne and Lucy Audley
6.1 Mitigating the pragmatic risks of (not) writing
6.2 Expressions of 'friendship' and sincerity
6.3 Address terms
6.4 Some other telling linguistic features
6.5 Summary of Lucy and Joan's politeness strategies
6.6 Palaeography and textual pragmatics
6.7 The complexities of negotiation
Chapter 7
Sincerity, seriousness and ironic subversions
The attitudes of utterance in the letters of Maria Thynne, c.1601-1610
7.1 Defining and interpreting historical attitudes
7.2 Thought, expression and sincerity
7.3 Trial, God, kinship terms and flattery: Extending the rhetoric of sincerity
7.4 'yf you please': Sarcasm in the final letter to Joan
7.5 'the effectes of a very much disquyetted minde': Ironic play in the letters to Thomas
7.6 'In Sober Sadness': Maria's serious voice
7.7 Conclusion
Chapter 8
Conclusions and future directions
8.1 Looking at manuscript sources
8.2 Communicative spaces in writing
8.3 Literacy and personality
8.4 Questions
8.5 The end
Bibliography
A calendar with selected diplomatic transcriptions and images of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, c.1575-1611
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
1.1 Research objectives
1.2 Previous research
1.3 Why the Thynne letters?
1.4 Theory and methodology: Historical utterance in writing
1.5 Overview of analyses
2. The familial backdrop: Short biographies of the Thynne women
2.1 Joan (bap. 1558, d. 1612)
2.2 Maria (c.1578-1611)
3. 'Mouths have become hands': Holograph vs. scribal utterance
3.1 Macro-context: The holograph/scribal distinction
3.2 Micro-context: Using scribes
3.3 Analysis I: Handwriting
3.4 Analysis II: Spatial organization of the page
3.5 Analysis III: Orthographies and abbreviation
3.6 Analysis IV: Scribes and language
3.6.1 Scribal practice(s)
3.6.2 Scribal variation in Joan Thynne's letters
3.7 Conclusion
4. Ruling epistolary prose: Punctuation and textual-utterance markers
4.1 Textual utterances
4.2 Historical background to epistolary prose structure
4.3 Punctuation
4.3.1 Punctuation in Joan's holograph letters
4.3.2 Punctuation in Joan's scribal letters
4.3.3 Punctuation in Maria's letters
4.4 Lexical utterance markers
4.4.1 Connectives
4.4.2 Adverbial and subordinating connectors
4.4.3 Discourse markers and interjections
4.5 Present participles
4.6 Openings and closings
4.7 Conclusion
5. Everyday magic verbs: Performative utterances
5.1 Performatives: Description and significance
5.2 Commissive performatives
5.3 Representative performatives
5.4 Expressive performatives
5.5 Directive performatives
5.6 Negative data?
5.7 Conclusion
6. Utterance, power and politeness: The letter exchange between Joan Thynne and Lucy Audley
6.1 Mitigating the pragmatic risks of (not) writing
6.2 Expressions of 'friendship' and sincerity
6.3 Address terms
6.4 Some other telling linguistic features
6.5 Summary of Lucy and Joan's politeness strategies
6.6 Palaeography and textual pragmatics
6.7 The complexities of negotiation
7. Sincerity, seriousness and ironic subversions: The attitudes of utterance in the letters of Maria
7.1 Defining and interpreting historical attitudes
7.2 Thought, expression and sincerity
7.3 Trial, God, kinship terms and flattery: Extending the rhetoric of sincerity
7.4 'yf you please': Sarcasm in the final letter to Joan
7.5 'the effectes of a very much disquyetted minde': Ironic play in the letters to Thomas
7.6 'In Sober Sadness': Maria's serious voice
7.7 Conclusion
8. Conclusions and future directions
8.1 Looking at manuscript sources
8.2 Communicative spaces in writing
8.3 Literacy and personality
8.4 Questions
Bibliography
Appendix
Transcription policy
Reference headings
Orthography and punctuation
Abbreviations
Deletions and additions
Layout and lineation
Joan Thynne's letters, 1575-1611
Maria Thynne's letters, c. 1601-1610
Index

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