Epistolary Practices: Letter Writing in America before Telecommunications

by William Merrill Decker

Book Overview

Letters have long been read as primary sources for biography and
history, but their performative, fictive, and textual dimensions
have only recently attracted serious notice. In this book, William Merrill Decker examines the place of the personal letter in American popular and literary culture from the colonial to the
postmodern period.
After offering an overview of the genre, Decker explores epistolary practices that coincide with American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807847437
• ISBN13: 9780807847435
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 9.3"