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articles written by Susan Whyman, Historian and Author of eighteenth centruy London

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Articles by Susan E. Whyman. A Passion for the Post. December, 2009, 33-39. For 400 years the delivery of letters has been integral to British life. As Royal Mail confronts an uncertain future, Susan Whyman charts the Post Office’s development and discovers, through the correspondence of ordinary people, just how much letter writing meant to them. Letter Writing and the Rise of the Novel: The Epistolary Literacy of Jane Johnson and Samuel Richardson. 70:4, (2007), 577-606. 66:3-4 (2004), 275-305. In Jame...

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Reviews for The Pen and the People by Susan Whyman, Historian and Author of eighteenth centruy London

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Betty A. Schellenberg. Enlightenment and the Writing Self in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Whyman's argument is aided by her addition of a new concept to historical discourse which she calls 'epistolary literacy.' She cuts through some rather confused debate about literacy. Her term refers to layout, spelling and grammar as well as content and literary technique. Her documentation is so extensive that she is able to make useful comparisons between the epistolary literacy of individuals. Twenty-three illust...

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Read wrks in progress from author Susan E. Whyman

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The Purpose of this section is to try out my ideas. These will change quite frequently as I develop my work. I want this be a place that others working in the same field will access. Please email me with feedback at info@susanwhyman.com. The local post offices in both the US and Britain are under threat. I am currently preparing material for a history of the post office on BBC radio. An article on the social use of coaches in the late seventeenth century is forthcoming. Susan Whyman 2010. Home.

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articles written by Susan Whyman, Historian and Author of eighteenth centruy London

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New Approaches to the Study of Popular Literacy". Hebrew University, Jerusalem. October 24, 2010. The Political Uses of Religious Identity in Later Stuart England", chair/comment. Northeast Conference on British Studies, Burlington VT. September 25, 2010. Letters of the Bateman and Wilson Families of Manchester and London". Congregational Library, Annual General Meeting, London,. June 12, 2010. Literacy and Letter Writing in Northern England 1660-1800". University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK,. Institut...

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Historian and author Susan Whyman, of books about letter writing in England 1660-1720

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Susan Whyman draws on a hidden world of previously unknown letter writers to explore bold new ideas about the history of writing, reading and the novel. Capturing actual dialogues of people discussing subjects as diverse as marriage, poverty, poetry, and the emotional lives of servants,. The Pen and the People. Will be enjoyed by everyone interested in history, literature, and the intimate experiences of ordinary people. THE POWER OF PERSONAL LETTERS. Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London.

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Susan Whyman biography, historian of early English letter writing

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Susan Whyman is a historian, formerly of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey where she received both M.A. and Ph.D degrees in British History. Her B.A. is from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts and she earned an M.L.S. in Library and Information Science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Whyman is the author of. Oxford University Press has published all of her books. All books are also available from Oxford University Press. Susan Whyman 2010. Home.

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articles written by Susan Whyman, Historian and Author of eighteenth centruy London

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THE POWER OF PERSONAL LETTERS. Since the advent of e-mail, blogging and twittering, the death of the handwritten letter has been widely reported. Yet a recent survey found that people continue to write letters to family and friends. Handwritten letters are entirely different forms of communication than e-mail. Composed leisurely, and in private, they become treasured keepsakes that are read over and over. Most importantly – they are SAVED! Not until the nineteenth century, we are told, would reforms brin...

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Books written by Susan Whyman, historian and author

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The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers 1660-1800. Oxford: Oxford University Press) ,2009. This democratization of letter writing could never have occurred without the development of the Royal Mail. Drawing on new information gleaned from personal letters, Whyman reveals how the Post Office had altered the rhythms of daily life long before the nineteenth century. As the pen, the post, and the people became increasingly connected, so too were eighteenth-century society and culture slowly an...Socia...