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Literacy in everyday life [electronic resource] : reading and writing in early modern Dutch diaries / by Jeroen Blaak ; translated by Beverley Jackson.
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9789047430841

9781282602441
Title:
Literacy in everyday life [electronic resource] : reading and writing in early modern Dutch diaries / by Jeroen Blaak ; translated by Beverley Jackson.
Author:
Blaak, Jeroen.
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Uniform Title:
Geletterde levens. English
Publication Information:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 422 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Egodocuments and history series, v. 2
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations and Archive Names -- Chapter I -- Historical Research on Reading and Writing: From Book Ownership to the Use of Media -- The History of reading -- The history of reading as a research field -- A different perspective: Reading within the framework of media history -- Research on historical readers -- Research on historical reading behaviour -- Egodocuments as source material -- Structure of the book -- Chapter II -- Mirror of Literacy: Reading and Writing in the Diary (1624) of David Beck -- A German schoolmaster in the Dutch Republic -- 'Mirror of my life' -- The conversation of the day -- Writing habits -- Conversation at a distance: correspondence -- Writing at school -- Income and expenditure in writing -- Paper poetry: the oeuvre of the poet David Beck -- Writing poetry and everyday life -- Publication in manuscript form -- 'Mousing and rummaging': Beck's reading behaviour -- Handwritten reading -- Poetic taste: Beck's reading of printed texts -- Aging French poems and topical Dutch prose -- Beck's books in other sources -- 'Nosing around' in bookshops or at the Binnenhof -- Books in everyday life -- Diverse ways of reading -- Reading in order to write -- Final remarks -- Chapter III -- Aristocratic Literacy: Pieter Teding van Berkhout and his 'Journal' (16698211;1712) -- The life of a gentleman of rank -- 'Journal contenant mes occupations' -- Final remarks -- The aristocratisation of everyday conversation? -- Putting pen to paper -- Written contacts: correspondence and writing style -- Writing and family history -- Political notes -- A lifetime of reading -- Teding van Berkhout's library -- A historical taste -- Reading 224; la mode -- An unusual taste? -- Purchases and gifts -- The delights of country life -- Reading a book -- Reading for edification and entertainment -- Chapter IV -- Aural and Eyewitness Testimony: Reading, Writing, and Discussions of Current Affairs in Jan de Boer's Chronological Journal (17478211;1758)13; -- The life of an Amsterdam clerk -- The diary or 'journal' of Jan de Boer -- Historiography of the news -- Final remarks -- The flow of information: De Boer's news sources -- News in the street -- News on printed paper -- The news of 1755 -- News from many sides -- Reading the news: printed matter in the diary -- Newspapers -- Newspaper reports in the diary -- Information and discussion in pamphlets -- News in pamphlets -- 'Only an oortje': the distribution of pamphlets -- The anonymous author of the pamphlet 'Pro Patria' -- Pamphlet readers and their responses -- Other informative publications: ordinances, periodicals and prints -- News as history -- Chapter V -- A Devout Reader and Writer: Literacy in Jacoba van Thiel's 'Account-Book of the Soul' (17678211;1770) -- A life lived amid the clergy -- Daily register or 'account-book of the soul' -- Pious conversation -- A devout Christian woman with a pen -- Pious correspondence -- 'Somewhat free from the earth': on keeping a diary -- Piety with books: Van Thiel's reading -- A religious glutton -- Old or new? -- Readers of pious literature and readers of novels -- The parsonage library -- Relatives and women in Luchtmans' shop -- P.
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Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.