Williams, G.T. (2010) “trobled wth a tedious discours” sincerity, sarcasm and seriousness in the letters of Maria Thynne, c. 1601–1610. Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 11 (2). pp. 169-193. ISSN 1566-5852
Abstract
This study provides close, pragmatically-orientated readings of epistolary manifestations of sincerity, sarcasm and seriousness as expressed in the letters of Maria Thynne to her mother-in-law and to her husband, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. By examining how each mode of expression arose from, and interacted with, its familial and textual environments, these readings discuss the social functions and linguistic implications of Maria's stylistic repertoire. The study concludes with the suggestion that the letters provide preliminary evidence for the claim that, along with that of sincerity, the Early Modern period may also have been of some significance for the development of sarcasm in English.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2010 John Benjamins Publishing Company. |
Keywords: | Early Modern English rhetoric; women’s letters; sincerity; sarcasm |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2016 11:45 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2016 17:00 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jhp.11.2.01wil |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.1075/jhp.11.2.01wil |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96772 |