The literary importance of letters did not end with the demise of
the eighteenth-century epistolary novel. In the turbulent period
between 1789 and 1830, the letter was used as a vehicle for
political rather than sentimental expression. Against a background
of severe political censorship, seditious Corresponding Societies,
and the rise of the modern Post Office, letters as they are used by
Romantic writers, especially women, become the vehicle for a
distinctly political, often disruptive force. Mary Favret's study
of Romantic correspondence reexamines traditional accounts of
epistolary writing, and redefines the letter as a 'feminine' genre.
The book deals not only with letters which circulated in the novels
of Austen or Mary Shelley, but also with political pamphlets,
incendiary letters and spy letters available for public
consumption.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Romanticism |
| Release date: |
February 1993 |
| Authors: |
Favret Mary A. Favret
|
| Dimensions: |
237 x 160mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
282 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-41096-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-521-41096-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780521410960 |
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