MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01588nam a22002778a 4500
001 2009019291
003 DLC
005 20090518162856.0
008 090518s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009019291
020 $a9780199532445
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae-uk-en
050 00 $aPR915$b.W49 2009
082 00 $a826/.509$222
100 1 $aWhyman, Susan E.,$d1937-
245 14 $aThe pen and the people :$bEnglish letter writers 1660-1800 /$cSusan E. Whyman.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aCreating a culture of letters. Introduction : the pen, the post, and the people -- Creating the letter : how to acquire epistolary literacy -- Sending the letter : the post office and the politics of the mail -- Creating a culture of literacy. Letters and literacy : farmers and workers in northern England -- Letters of the middling sort : confronting problems of business, religion, gender, and class -- From letters to literature. Letter-writing and the rise of the novel : the epistolary literacy of Jane Johnson and Samuel Richardson -- Letter-writing, reading, and literary culture : the Johnson family and Anna Miller -- Conclusion : letter-writing and eighteenth-century culture : findings, patterns, and impacts.
650 0 $aEnglish letters$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aLetter writing$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs$x18th century.
651 0 $aEngland$xCivilization$y18th century.