Correspondence
Subtitle: Models of Letter-Writing from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century
Contributors: Christopher Woodall (Translator)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 7, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780691016962
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Literary studies: general; Literary Criticism; History - General History; European - French; Postal service; French Prose; Letters And Correspondence; History: American; French; World - General; French prose literature; France; Communication; Europe - France; Comparative Literature; European History; History / France; History and criticism; Letter-writing, French; 19th century; History
First sentence: Liveliness in letter-writing lingers and recurs despite the dead hand of petty rules and the slow pace of change.