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With the growth of efficient postal service and the stimulus of a growing tradition of informal prose among eighteenth-century men of leisure, the intimate letter reached unprecedented literary heights as the exemplary form of the period. Considered here are diverse qualities both of the art and the personalities of the great letter-writers.

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“It is surprising that this book has not been written before. For years critics have recognized the importance of 18th-century familiar letters without ever trying systematically to define the sources of their literary power. This group of 15 essays, by as many authors, begins this important critical work. . . . the essays . . . consistently call our attention to important literary issues and concepts of the period. . . . With a range of tone from Cowper’s apparent intimacy to Burke’s moral authority, the letters resolve in remarkably varied ways the tension between their writers’ egos and the demands of subject matter and audience. This collection is absorbing, important, unprecedented, and surely indispensable for undergraduate or graduate collections.” —Choice

The Familiar Letter in the Eighteenth Century

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    A Paperback by Howard Anderson, Philip B. Daghlian, Irvin Ehrenpries

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      Publisher MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas
      Published 7/30/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780700600038
      978-0700600038
      ISBN-10 0700600035

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With the growth of efficient postal service and the stimulus of a growing tradition of informal prose among eighteenth-century men of leisure, the intimate letter reached unprecedented literary heights as the exemplary form of the period. Considered here are diverse qualities both of the art and the personalities of the great letter-writers.

      Trade Review
      “It is surprising that this book has not been written before. For years critics have recognized the importance of 18th-century familiar letters without ever trying systematically to define the sources of their literary power. This group of 15 essays, by as many authors, begins this important critical work. . . . the essays . . . consistently call our attention to important literary issues and concepts of the period. . . . With a range of tone from Cowper’s apparent intimacy to Burke’s moral authority, the letters resolve in remarkably varied ways the tension between their writers’ egos and the demands of subject matter and audience. This collection is absorbing, important, unprecedented, and surely indispensable for undergraduate or graduate collections.” —Choice

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