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Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England

by Juliet Fleming

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Tattoos and graffiti immediately bring to mind contemporary urban life and its inhabitants. But in fact, both practices date back much further than is generally thought-even by scholars. Drawing on a previously unavailable archive, Juliet Fleming reveals the unknown and disregarded literary arts of sixteenth century England. In Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England, Fleming argues that our modern assumptions of what constitutes written expression have limited our show more access to and understanding of early modern history and writing. Fleming comb show less

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DDC/MDS: 302.2 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Mass Communication & Media Communication
LCC: PE877 .F57 — Language and Literature English language English Early Modern English
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