“Hor nam is Frances”: A book collector writing her life

Lori Humphrey Newcomb

“Hor nam is Frances”: A book collector writing her life

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

Abstract

The notes Frances Wolfreston left in her almanacs constitute emergent life-writing: they are clearly specific, personal, and written as a record. Their relationship to Wolfreston’s other book inscriptions might bring the latter, too, into the remit of life writing. In the distinct practices of her almanac notes and her book inscriptions, Wolfreston makes use of paratext with a deliberation that suggests that printedness itself may spur readers to write some version of a self, hacking mise-en-page to generate a structure for a life.

Original language	English (US)
Number of pages	10
State	Published - 2016
Event	The Idea of a Life, 1500-1700 - Centre for Early Modern Studies, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 17 2016 → Jun 17 2016

Conference

Conference	The Idea of a Life, 1500-1700
Country	United Kingdom
City	Oxford
Period	6/17/16 → 6/17/16

Fingerprint

Keywords

England
Seventeenth-century
Woman writer
Book history

Cite this

Newcomb, L. H. (2016). “Hor nam is Frances”: A book collector writing her life. Paper presented at The Idea of a Life, 1500-1700, Oxford, United Kingdom.

@conference{b0bcbd70485b42f0bba5b129a9848da5,

title = "“Hor nam is Frances”: A book collector writing her life",

abstract = "The notes Frances Wolfreston left in her almanacs constitute emergent life-writing: they are clearly specific, personal, and written as a record. Their relationship to Wolfreston{\textquoteright}s other book inscriptions might bring the latter, too, into the remit of life writing. In the distinct practices of her almanac notes and her book inscriptions, Wolfreston makes use of paratext with a deliberation that suggests that printedness itself may spur readers to write some version of a self, hacking mise-en-page to generate a structure for a life.",

keywords = "England, Seventeenth-century, Woman writer, Book history",

author = "Newcomb, {Lori Humphrey}",

year = "2016",

language = "English (US)",

note = "The Idea of a Life, 1500-1700 ; Conference date: 17-06-2016 Through 17-06-2016",

}

TY - CONF

T1 - “Hor nam is Frances”

T2 - The Idea of a Life, 1500-1700

AU - Newcomb, Lori Humphrey

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The notes Frances Wolfreston left in her almanacs constitute emergent life-writing: they are clearly specific, personal, and written as a record. Their relationship to Wolfreston’s other book inscriptions might bring the latter, too, into the remit of life writing. In the distinct practices of her almanac notes and her book inscriptions, Wolfreston makes use of paratext with a deliberation that suggests that printedness itself may spur readers to write some version of a self, hacking mise-en-page to generate a structure for a life.

AB - The notes Frances Wolfreston left in her almanacs constitute emergent life-writing: they are clearly specific, personal, and written as a record. Their relationship to Wolfreston’s other book inscriptions might bring the latter, too, into the remit of life writing. In the distinct practices of her almanac notes and her book inscriptions, Wolfreston makes use of paratext with a deliberation that suggests that printedness itself may spur readers to write some version of a self, hacking mise-en-page to generate a structure for a life.

KW - England

KW - Seventeenth-century

KW - Woman writer

KW - Book history

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2142/99080

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 17 June 2016 through 17 June 2016

ER -

Access to Document

Link to publication in IDEALS