Epistolary Selves

Letters and Letter-Writers, 1600–1945

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Epistolary Selves by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781351939287
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781351939287
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This volume of ten essays discusses the pivotal role that letters have played in social, economic and political history from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. The recent scholarly interest in the history of reading has as yet yielded few studies which consider letters as a category of readable material. The contributors to this book seek to redress this oversight, viewing letters as texts which can reveal information, not only about their writers and readers, but about the wider historical context in which they were written. Topics covered include the mercantile letter, diplomatic correspondence, and what these epistolary forms suggest about the rise of a polite, literate culture in the eighteenth century; the experience of immigration from Europe to America during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the relationship through the letter; and the working of gender in the epistolary form. Rebecca Earle provides an overview of how the study of letter-writing can open up new avenues of historical as well as literary investigation. This, together with contributions form leading international scholars, makes Epistolary Selves an essential text for those researching the letter genre.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This volume of ten essays discusses the pivotal role that letters have played in social, economic and political history from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. The recent scholarly interest in the history of reading has as yet yielded few studies which consider letters as a category of readable material. The contributors to this book seek to redress this oversight, viewing letters as texts which can reveal information, not only about their writers and readers, but about the wider historical context in which they were written. Topics covered include the mercantile letter, diplomatic correspondence, and what these epistolary forms suggest about the rise of a polite, literate culture in the eighteenth century; the experience of immigration from Europe to America during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the relationship through the letter; and the working of gender in the epistolary form. Rebecca Earle provides an overview of how the study of letter-writing can open up new avenues of historical as well as literary investigation. This, together with contributions form leading international scholars, makes Epistolary Selves an essential text for those researching the letter genre.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Found Footage Horror Films by
Cover of the book Japanese Science by
Cover of the book The Origin of Organized Crime in America by
Cover of the book Animals Count by
Cover of the book Ecology and Palaeoecology of Benthic Foraminifera by
Cover of the book William Pitt the Younger by
Cover of the book Mura Solwata Kosker by
Cover of the book Colonialism, Race, and the French Romantic Imagination by
Cover of the book The New Environmentalism? by
Cover of the book Environmental Justice and the Rights of Unborn and Future Generations by
Cover of the book Manure Matters by
Cover of the book Political Change in Switzerland by
Cover of the book Change Forces in Post-Communist Eastern Europe by
Cover of the book The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations by
Cover of the book Gender and Social Capital by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy