letter writing in America before telecommunications /
First Statement of Responsibility
William Merrill Decker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chapel Hill :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 285 p. :
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ill. ;
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25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-279) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American letters-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Letter writing-- United States-- History-- 19th century.