UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
European Humanities Research Centre and
Centre for Social History
Venue: University of Warwick
Date: 20-21 March 1996
Agenda: the history and poetics of the letter;
the letter as historical artefact and
literary form;
the letter as historical evidence
>From 1600 to the present day, focusing on these topics: post offices and
communication systems, letters home, prison letters, letters from the front,
business letters, letters of application and reference, the epistolary form,
women's letter-writing, mass literacy and letter-writing, model letters.
Further details: Carolyn Steedman: C.K.Steedman@warwick.ac.uk
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