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   The historical basis of the film was provided by the Littlehampton letters, explored by cultural historian Emily Cockayne in two books, Cheek by Jowl: A History of Neighbours and Penning Poison: A History of Anonymous Letters.

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   Sep 21, 2023 · Poison pen letters, denounced in 1928 by a leading criminologist as “cowardly, treacherous, vile things”, appear to have been fuelled by envy, leading judges often to wrongfoot themselves...

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   Jan 8, 2024 · Poisoning was the form of murder most connected to women, and these letters were regarded as a form of social poisoning more often than not perpetrated by women. Designed to cause trouble, the letters were, in some ways, a continuation of neighborly over-the-fence gossip, defamation, and rancor.

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   Oct 13, 2024 · A parish council chairman believes he may know who is behind poison pen letters that have blighted his village. Correspondence, some of which has been seen by the BBC, was described by...

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   Mar 21, 2024 · She finds messages that were at times accusatory, libellous, and bizarre. And she shows how the history of the poison pen letter was influenced by technology, new postal networks, forensic techniques, and the emergence of police. Who wrote these letters and why? And how did society judge them?

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   Apr 2, 2024 · This true, R-rated jaw-dropper is the foundation of the new film Wicked Little Letters, starring Oscar-winner Olivia Coleman. It’s also the big part of a must-read chronicle, Penning Poison, published by Oxford University and penned by Dr. Emily Cockayne, scholar at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England.

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   Are poison pen letters based on envy?

   • Poison pen letters, denounced in 1928 by a leading criminologist as “cowardly, treacherous, vile things”, appear to have been fuelled by envy, leading judges often to wrongfoot themselves by ascribing the blame to a woman, especially one of lower class than the perceived victim. Cockayne singles out two celebrated examples.

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   What is a poison pen letter?

   • In the early twentieth century one genre of anonymous letter became so prominent it was given a name: the “poison pen” letter. Coined in America, the term “poison pen” was first used in 1911 in a headline for an article in the Maryland Evening Post. The press popularized the term in Britain in the 1920s.

   Epistolary Gossip: On the History and Morality of the “Poison Pen” Letter

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   Who wrote penning poison?

   • It’s also the big part of a must-read chronicle, Penning Poison, published by Oxford University and penned by Dr. Emily Cockayne, scholar at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England. “It was a series of strange, obscene letters sent between neighbors,. said Cockayne.

   Believe it or not, 'Wicked Little Letters' is very true. And here is

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   Why do women write poison pen letters?

   • When women start writing the letters ‘the whole law book is thrown at them’ explains Cockayne. Cockayne’s book covers numerous cases of poison pen letters and she see a common thread. ‘It's about women not being able to live lives that were fulfilling.

   The true story of the foul-mouthed poison pen letters that inspired

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   When was a poison pen invented?

   • Coined in America, the term “poison pen” was first used in 1911 in a headline for an article in the Maryland Evening Post. The press popularized the term in Britain in the 1920s. Poisoning was the form of murder most connected to women, and these letters were regarded as a form of social poisoning more often than not perpetrated by women.

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   What is a “poison pen”?

   • Rather, the instrument through which these poisons inflicted their damage was the pen—the so-called “poison pen” (a term which encompassed as well that click-clacking symbol of modern business efficiency, the typewriter). For these poisons were words —words which, like weapons of war, could not only hurt but in some cases kill.

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   Mar 10, 2020 · Across America and Europe, people couldn't stop writing nasty letters. Soon the courts were overwhelmed with epistolary assaults. March 10, 2020 By Curtis Evans. Across the transatlantic world in the early decades of the twentieth century a terrible wave of poison attacks took place, cruelly claiming hordes of human victims.