The Common Writer in Modern History

This book underlines the importance of writing for the subordinate classes, and the variety of uses to which it was put. In eleven new studies by thirteen leading historians of scribal culture, it foregrounds the ‘common writer’ and contributes to a ‘New History from Below’. The book presents pauper letters, ego-documents, life-writing of various kinds, soldiers’ and emigrants’ correspondence, handwritten newspapers and graffiti in streets and prisons, analysing the major genres of ‘ordinary writings’. The studies draw on different disciplines, including cultural history, sociology and ethnography, folklore studies, palaeography and socio-historical linguistics. They range from the early modern Hispanic Empire to twentieth-century Australia, including studies of modern Britain, Iceland, Finland, Italy, Germany, South Africa and the USA. The book demonstrates the importance of studying manuscript culture to give a voice, a presence and dignity to the ordinary protagonists of history. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Martyn Lyons
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-7075-0
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-5261-7075-2
Barcode:	9781526170750

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