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Chapter 8. “An Uncivill Scurrilous Letter”
“Womanish Brabb[l]es” and the Letter of Affront
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Abbreviations and Conventions ix
- Introduction. The Early Modern Letter Opener 1
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PART I. MATERIAL PRACTICES
- Chapter 1. From Palatino to Cresci 29
- Chapter 2. Conveying Correspondence 48
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PART II. TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGNS
- Chapter 3. Enigmatic Cultures of Cryptology 69
- Chapter 4. Material Fictions 85
- Chapter 5. Allegory and Epistolarity 110
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PART III. GENRES AND RHETORICS
- Chapter 6. Mixed Messages and Cicero Effects in the Herrick Family Letters of the Sixteenth Century 131
- Chapter 7. John Stubbs’s Left- Handed Letters 156
- Chapter 8. “An Uncivill Scurrilous Letter” 169
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PART IV. THE AFTERLIVES OF LETTERS
- Chapter 9. “Burn This Letter”: Preservation and Destruction in the Early Modern Archive 189
- Chapter 10. Gendered Archival Practices and the Future Lives of Letters 210
- Chapter 11. Familiar Letters and State Papers 237
- Notes 253
- Select Bibliography 299
- Contributors 305
- Index 309
- Acknowledgments 321
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Abbreviations and Conventions ix
- Introduction. The Early Modern Letter Opener 1
-
PART I. MATERIAL PRACTICES
- Chapter 1. From Palatino to Cresci 29
- Chapter 2. Conveying Correspondence 48
-
PART II. TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGNS
- Chapter 3. Enigmatic Cultures of Cryptology 69
- Chapter 4. Material Fictions 85
- Chapter 5. Allegory and Epistolarity 110
-
PART III. GENRES AND RHETORICS
- Chapter 6. Mixed Messages and Cicero Effects in the Herrick Family Letters of the Sixteenth Century 131
- Chapter 7. John Stubbs’s Left- Handed Letters 156
- Chapter 8. “An Uncivill Scurrilous Letter” 169
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PART IV. THE AFTERLIVES OF LETTERS
- Chapter 9. “Burn This Letter”: Preservation and Destruction in the Early Modern Archive 189
- Chapter 10. Gendered Archival Practices and the Future Lives of Letters 210
- Chapter 11. Familiar Letters and State Papers 237
- Notes 253
- Select Bibliography 299
- Contributors 305
- Index 309
- Acknowledgments 321