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Conventional Correspondence: Epistolary Culture of the Dutch Elite, 1770-1850

Conventional Correspondence: Epistolary Culture of the Dutch Elite, 1770-1850

Ruberg, Willemijn

Hardcover

General European HistoryGeneral LawGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004209735
ISBN13: 9789004209732
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sep 9 2011
Pages: 281
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
Egodocuments are cherished because of the view they supposedly provide into the innermost feelings of individuals in past and present. Recent research, however, has shown the complexity of genres like autobiographies, diaries and letters. Building on critical and historical research into autobiographical writing, this book describes epistolary practices of the Dutch elite in the period 1770-1850. Analysing how cultural ideals of sincerity, individuality and naturalness influenced the style and contents of letters, the book also addresses the functions of letter writing in family life, like the formation of an adolescent identity and the relationship between parents and children. Correspondence was a vital means by which class and gender identities were performed and the appropriate emotions were shaped.

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