Author : Cecile M. Jagodzinski
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813918396
Book Description
Proposes that the emergence of the concept of privacy as a personal right and the core of individuality is connected in a complex way with the easy availability of printed books and the spread of the ability to read that emerged during the period. Looks at representations of reading and readers, especially women, in devotional books, conversion narratives, personal letters, drama, and the novel. Also explores how privacy became gendered in the early modern periodAnnotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR