Empire of letters: letter manuals and transatlantic correspondence, 1680–1820
Auteur :
Bannet, Eve Tavor
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521123525
Date de publication :
19 nov. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
550 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Among the most frequently reprinted books of the eighteenth century, letter manuals spread norms of polite conduct and communication which connected and unified the British Atlantic world. Eve Tavor Bannet's lively, interdisciplinary book will change the way we read eighteenth-century letters and think about the book in the Atlantic world.