Discourse of desperation, the: late 18th and early 19th century letters by paupers, prisoners, and rogues
Auteur :
Timmis, Ivor
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367522643
Date de publication :
29 avr. 2022
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
276 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book discusses how the poor and desperate in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries mobilised their linguistic resources in pursuit of vital pragmatic goals, drawing on three corpora of letters written by the poor.