Eighteenth-century letters and British culture
By: Clare Brant.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillian; Springer; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
Subjects: English letters -- History and criticism; Letter writing -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century
Description: "A wide-ranging study of letter-writing in the Eighteenth-century, this important new book explores epistolary forms and practices in relation to important areas of British culture. Organized around a series of characters, each chapter explores with depth and breadth the patterns of letter-writing and letter-reading in the period. Familiar ideas about epistolary fiction and personal correspondence, and public and private, are re-examined in the light of alternative paradigms, showing how the letter is a genre at the centre of Eighteenth-century life. Using an extraordinary range of original research, this volume will be of immense value to literary scholars and historians alike."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.