An Audience of One : Dorothy Osborne's Letters to Sir William Temple, 1652-1654.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (214 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Dorothy Osborne's Letters -- 1 Dorothy Osborne's Courtship -- 2 An Audience of One: Dorothy Osborne as a Letter Writer -- 3 Shared Privacies: Reading in the Osborne-Temple Courtship -- 4 Imagining the Couple: Triangularity and Surveillance -- 5 'Dearer to mee than the whole world besy'ds': Illness and Emotional Attachment in Osborne's Letters -- Afterword: A 'Round and Populous' World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Combining historical and biographical research with feminist theory, Carrie Hintz considers Osborne's vision of letter writing, her literary achievement, and her literary influences.
9781442670778
Osborne, Dorothy,-1627-1695-Correspondence. Temple, William,-1628-1699-Correspondence. Women-Great Britain-17th century-Sources. Great Britain-Social life and customs-17th century-Sources.