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Epistolary practices : letter writing in America before telecommunications / William Merrill Decker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Decker, William Merrill.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American letters--19th century--History and criticism.
- American letters.
- Letter writing--United States--History--19th century.
- Letter writing.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Using letters written by John Winthrop, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abigail and John Adams, and others, Jthis 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807824380
- 0807847437
- OCLC:
- 38353871
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