'Various pleasant fiction' : embroidering textiles and texts in early modern England

This thesis considers the role of the needle in early modern English culture and thought, with particular attention to its relationship with textual media and practices. Drawing together textual and material evidence, it overturns assumptions that needles were subordinate to pens and argues instead...

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Main Author: Canavan, Claire
Other Authors: Smith, Helen
Published: University of York 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.721896