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2 unusual facts about Mary Talbot


Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

There is a brief sketch of her character in the mystery novel Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers, which is set in Shrewsbury College, a fictional Oxford college named in her honour.

Synthetic personalisation

Mary Talbot (1995/2003) used the concept in her work on a synthetic sisterhood in teenage girls' magazines, analysing the linguistic devices (pronouns, presuppositions) constructing a simulated friendship between reader and producer.


Scottie McClue

Scottie McClue had, as analyst Mary Talbot observes, achieved "a degree of infamy as a highly confrontational talk radio host".


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