Correspondence : models of letter-writing from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century

Publication Data

• Title Correspondence : models of letter-writing from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century
• Alternative Title Correspondance. Selections. English
• Author Roger Chartier
• Contributors Alain Boureau, Cécile Dauphin
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 1997
• Publication location Princeton, N.J.
• Language English

Contents

Contents: The letter-writing norm, a mediaeval invention /Alain Boureau
Secrétaires for the people? / Roger Chartier
Letter-writing manuals in the nineteenth century /Cécile Dauphin.

Topics

• French letters :: History and criticism
• French prose literature :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Letter writing, French :: History :: 19th century
• Postal service :: France :: History :: 19th century
• France :: Social life and customs :: 19th century
• France

Correspondence : models of letter-writing from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century by Roger Chartier. ISBN 0745612253. Published by Princeton University Press in 1997. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.