Adam Nicolson traces our modern sense of self back to the time when ordinary people first took up the quill. At a time of great upheaval, writing was both a means of escape and of fighting for what youbelieved. Account books became confessionals, and letters weapons against the authorities. From an ambitious shepherd to a Quaker woman imprisoned for her conscience, rising literacy allowed people to re-write both the country's future and their own. |
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Title: | The Written Self | |
Air Date: | April 10, 2013 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | History | |
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