Correspondence
Subtitle: models of letter-writing from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century
By: Roger Chartier, Alain Boureau, and Cécile Dauphin ; translated by Christopher Woodall.
Contributors: Boureau, Alain.; Chartier, Roger, 1945-; Dauphin, Cécile.
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: French letters -- History and criticism.; French prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Letter-writing, French -- History -- 19th century.; Postal service -- France -- History -- 19th century.; France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Work titles: Correspondance. English. Selections
Notes: Translation of 3 chapters from: La correspondance: les usages de la lettre au XIXe siècle, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The letter-writing norm, a mediaeval invention / Alain Boureau; title: Secrétaires for the people? / Roger Chartier; title: Letter-writing manuals in the nineteenth century / Cécile Dauphin.