Traditionally Latin prose letters have been classified in one of two ways: often they are seen as historical documents to be mined for political, historical and social information; otherwise they are viewed as literature, to be read with a consideration of the role of rhetoric a…
For every famous author of the twelfth-century renaissance, there are numerous lesser-known writers. Despite being overshadowed by more brilliant scholars or those closer to the centre of important events, their voices add depth to the study of the intellectual history of this p…
"Corresponding With the Revolution" examines the working class newspaper publication titled 'Correspondence,' established in Detroit in 1951. 'Correspondence' was characterized by its foregrounding of the writings of workers which emphasized the phenomenology of work and working…
Censorship has always been viewed by the American military as an essential weapon of warfare. The amounts, and types, of censorship deployed have varied from conflict to conflict. Censorship would reach a peak during America’s involvement in the First World War. The American mil…
This thesis answers the call by the International Organization for Migration for researchers to listen to migrants. Based on the assumption that contemporary and historical migrants have similar experiences, this study takes as its subject 915 letters written by 218 immigrants i…