Letter writing / / edited by Terttu Nevalainen, Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814759403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007
• ISBN: 1-282-15512-1; 9786612155123; 90-272-9300-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 159 p
• Collana: Benjamins current topics
• Altri autori (Persone): NevalainenTerttu; TanskanenSanna-Kaisa
• Disciplina: 806.6
• Soggetti: Letters; Letter writing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Letter Writing -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- About the authors -- Introduction -- Power and politeness -- Letters -- Text in context -- Intertextual networks in the correspondence of Lady Katherine Paston -- Inside and out -- Yours sincerely and yours affectionately -- "The pleasure of receiving your favour" -- Review of "The Familiar Letter in Early Modern English: A Pragmatic Approach" by Susan Fitzmaurice -- The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT).
• Sommario/riassunto: The article deals with correspondence in natural history in the eighteenth century between England and North America. The corpus discussed consists of correspondence between John Bartram and Peter Collinson, and between Alexander Garden and John Ellis. The approach used in the study is qualitative and rhetorical; the main point considered is how the letters construct scientific centre and periphery in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. A central concept is the "colonial exchange", whereby "raw materials" from the colonies - in this case plant and animal specimens, along with proposed identifications and names - are exchanged for "finished products", in this case codified scientific knowledge contained in publications.