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  • Intimate Correspondence: Negotiating the Materials of Female Friendship in Margaret Cavendish’s Sociable Letters

    Author(s):
    Whitney Sperrazza (see profile)
    Date:
    2017
    Group(s):
    CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern, TC Women’s and Gender Studies
    Subject(s):
    British literature, Sixteenth century, Seventeenth century, Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674, Epistolaries
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Early modern British literature, Gender and queer studies, Margaret Cavendish, Epistolary (genre)
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6M03XX23
    Abstract:
    In this article, I argue that Margaret Cavendish uses 'Sociable Letters' and the female friendship within its pages to intervene in early modern epistolary traditions and negotiate alternatives for conventional markers of intimacy between correspondents. Grounding the argument in current scholarly debates on familiar letter conventions, I demonstrate that Cavendish both capitalizes on and manipulates the standard temporal structures of epistolary exchange. Through a close analysis of several letters in Cavendish's printed collection, I find that memory and shared personal history emerge as key components to Cavendish’s proposed modes of intimacy. The fictional friendship between female correspondents in 'Sociable Letters' contributes provocative new insights to scholarly arguments on Cavendish's authorial mode, as well as critical work on early modern letters and the relationships scripted within their pages.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1080/09699082.2017.1395725
    Publisher:
    Informa UK Limited
    Pub. Date:
    2017-11-7
    Journal:
    Women\\\'s Writing
    Page Range:
    1 - 17
    ISSN:
    0969-9082,1747-5848
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    5 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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