Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence

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Hardback, Pages: 270, Size:156 x 234 mm, Languages: English, French. ISBN 9782503612348. Summary Our modern notions of privacy have their roots in the early modern period. When studying this historical background, one of the most important sources is correspondence. Letters sent from one person to another reflect specific situations, ideas, thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Contextualizing an epistolary exchange provides information about the world and values of past individuals. This volume presents essays that deal with a variety of early modern correspondence. The letters analysed, written in French, Dutch, German, and English, speak to very different contexts and cultural codes. While each of the letters in question has its own unique story to tell, all contributions come together by focusing on notions of privacy. From the intimacy that unfolds in educational exchanges to specific letter-writers and their strategic use of the private, this volume offers ground-breaking insights that will be relevant to many different researchers and their respective fields: the history of science, the history of Christianity, the history of travel writing and education, gender studies, and the history of diplomacy. In addition, the contributions also tackle the issue of publishing letters in the early modern period, both as a cultural phenomenon and as a material praxis. Together, the essays show how 'privacy' was an ambiguous term in the early modern period; the letter as literary genre and a means of communication demonstrates how privacy was perceived both as valuable and as a potential threat. TABLE OF CONTENTS Refractions of Privacy in Early Modern Letter-Writing Bastian Felter Vaucanson and Micha l Green Chapter 1. Epistolary Technologies of Separation and Archives of Emotion James Daybell Chapter 2. Public and Private in Seventeenth-Century Scholarly Correspondence Richard Maber Chapter 3. La Beaumelle en 'd shabill '. Quelques facettes de sa vie priv e d voil es par sa correspondance Hubert Bost Chapter 4. Perceptions of Privacy in Diplomatic Correspondence. Dutch and English Ambassadors at the Early Modern French Court Bram van Leuveren Chapter 5. Privacy Aspects of Anglo?Dutch Grand Tour Correspondence (1701-1703). Viscount Woodstock and Paul Rapin-Thoyras to the Earl of Portland Micha l Green Chapter 6. Personal Gift-Giving. Attempts at Intimacy in Anna of Saxony's Letter Exchanges Natacha Klein Kafer Chapter 7. Cloistered Correspondence. Engaging and Renouncing the Grand Si cle Mette Birkedal Bruun Chapter 8. Privacy and Discretion in the Correspondence of Charles Drelincourt Jane McKee Chapter 9. Privacy Misconstrued? The Correspondence Between F nelon and Maintenon Lars Cyril Norgaard and Bastian Felter Vaucanson Index nominum Index locorum 0 g.…

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Title
Notions of Privacy in Early Modern Correspondence
Author
Micha l Green, Lars Cyril N rgaard (eds)
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, Brepols, 2025
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Hardcover

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