Writing across the Social Spectrum von Anita Auer | Letter Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century Northern England | ISBN 9781614513254

Writing across the Social Spectrum

Letter Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century Northern England

von Anita Auer

Writing across the Social Spectrum

Letter Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century Northern England

von Anita Auer

This book takes a sociolinguistic approach to examine literacy and social mobility, in particular in the lives and language use of letter writers, during the early nineteenth century in northern England. The study provides new insights into the lives and educational opportunities across the layers of society during this era of change.