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• W785598547 abstract "This thesis analyses letters and other archival material associated with Olive Schreiner(1855-1920) and her network(s) to conceptualise and theorise aspects of letterness andnetworks. Its premise is that such qualitative micro-level analysis of letters and otherhistorical documents can contribute effectively to contemporary thinking about bothepistolarity and social networks and their analysis. Using the existing literatures onSchreiner, epistolarity and social network analysis as a starting point, the analysis of lettersand other relevant archival material is used to inform the setting of analytical boundaries.Then five examples of Schreiner-related networks – the Lytton to Carpenter letters, the GreatWar letters to Aletta Jacobs, letters of the Men and Women‟s Club, women‟s letters to JanSmuts, and letters in the Schreiner-Hemming family collection - are analysed to demonstratethe validity of the premise and to contribute in an innovative and in-depth way to conceptualand theoretical ideas in the field. In doing so, the thesis offers an in-depth analysis of lettersand networks in a variety of historical social contexts, identifying key features within eachnetwork and exploring whether these are case-specific or generalizable in theoretical terms.This thesis argues that many existing concepts such as those of reciprocity, brokering,bridging, gatekeeping and dyads can be teased out in an analytically helpful way by usingletters to reveal the variations and nuances of these concepts in micro-levels interactions. Italso considers network size, arguing that existing assessments of this based on frequency ofcontact, emotional intensity and time since last contact are not in fact particularly importantin relation to the analysis of these networks and their epistolary communications. Rather, it iswhat happens in networks and the letters associated with them, with network members usingand deploying their letter-writing in strategic and instrumentally ways. The key argumentsmade by the thesis concerning letters and networks are: that the size of a network isimportant but not deterministic; that the balance of reciprocity in letter exchanges andcorrespondence is highly complex, with this emergent through letter-exchanges, lettercontent and also enclosures of different kinds; that the purpose of a network and theexistence of central figures within it creates propulsions and constraints; that brokering isneither necessarily positive nor always proactive action; that the complex nature ofinterpersonal ties and how these change over time affects both letters and networks; thatletters and their writers can be future-orientated rather than retrospectively focused; and, thatthis orientation towards the future can influence decisions concerning the retention andarchivisation of letters - a fundamental issue in epistolary research - and subsequently whatcan be gleaned from them concerning networks." @default.
• W785598547 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W785598547 creator A5062163010 @default.
• W785598547 date "2014-07-01" @default.
• W785598547 modified "2023-09-28" @default.
• W785598547 title "Letters and networks : analysing Olive Schreiner's epistolary networks." @default.
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