Epistolary practices : letter writing in America before telecommunications / William Merrill Decker.

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Decker, William Merrill

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0807866636
9780807866634
0807824380
9780807824382

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Epistolary practices.DDC classification:

816/.309 21

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PS417 .D43 1998eb

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18.06

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Contents:

Abbreviations and Note on Quotations -- Burn This letter: Autograph Missive and Published Text -- I Have Taken This opportunity of Writing You a Few Lines: A Genre as Popularly Practiced -- I Cannot Write This Letter: Ralph Waldo Emerson -- A Letter Always Seemed to Me Like Immortality: Emily Dickinson -- I Write Now d'Outre Tombe: Henry Adams -- Conclusion: Letter Writing in the Era of Telecommunications.

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Summary: Annotation Using letters written by John Winthrop, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abigail and John Adams, and others, this book examines the place of the personal letter in American popular and literary culture from the colonial to the postmodern period. Decker explores epistolary practices that coincide with American experiences of space, settlement, separation, and reunion.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index.

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Annotation Using letters written by John Winthrop, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abigail and John Adams, and others, this book examines the place of the personal letter in American popular and literary culture from the colonial to the postmodern period. Decker explores epistolary practices that coincide with American experiences of space, settlement, separation, and reunion.

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