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Letter-writing Manuals and Instruction from Antiquity to the Present
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Hardcover. Contends that the study of letter-writing theory, which bridges rhetorical theory and grammatical studies, represents a discipline in need of definition. This volume sketches the contours of epistolary theory and collect the historic and bibliographic materials - from Isocrates to email - that form the basis for its study. Editor(s): Poster, Carol; Mitchell, Linda. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621.
Once nearly as ubiquitous as dictionaries and cookbooks are today, letter-writing manuals and their predecessors served to instruct individuals not only on the art of letter composition but also, in effect, on personal conduct. Poster and Mitchell contend that the study of letter-writing theory, which bridges rhetorical theory and grammatical studies, represents an emerging discipline in need of definition. In this volume, they gather the contributions of eleven experts to sketch the contours of epistolary theory and collect the historic and bibliographic materials - from Isocrates to email - that form the basis for its study.
Once nearly as ubiquitous as dictionaries and cookbooks are today, letter-writing manuals and their predecessors served to instruct individuals not only on the art of letter composition but also, in effect, on personal conduct. Poster and Mitchell contend that the study of letter-writing theory, which bridges rhetorical theory and grammatical studies, represents an emerging discipline in need of definition. In this volume, they gather the contributions of eleven experts to sketch the contours of epistolary theory and collect the historic and bibliographic materials - from Isocrates to email - that form the basis for its study.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Rhetoric/Communication
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570036514
SKU
V9781570036514
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About
Carol Poster is an associate professor of English at York University in Toronto. Poster has won the 2003 Kneupper Award for best article in Rhetoric Society Quarterly and the 1997 Gildersleeve Prize for best article in American Journal of Philology. Linda C. Mitchell, a professor of English at San Jose State University, is the author of Grammar Wars: Language as ... Read more
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