This reference contains more than 300 letters spanning five centuries. It chronicles the affairs of correspondents from Queen Elizabeth I to Abraham Lincoln, from Charlotte Bronte to George Bernard Shaw. Celebrating the glory of the written word, the editors provide notes with each selection.
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"Letters written by writers and other famous people intrigue us. We hope to get a glimpse of their more private and spontaneous selves yet also expect that there will be no loss of originality when it comes to expressiveness, insight, drama, or humor. The enthusiastic erudite editors of this eclectic volume have studied 500 years worth of epistolary output by British nobility and British and American writers and chosen 300 examples. Although specific letters will strike a reader's fancy, what's most remarkable about this collection is how it chronicles not only radical social and cultural changes, but also truly remarkable permutations in diction, vocabulary, and grammar."--Booklist "Letters written by writers and other famous people intrigue us. We hope to get a glimpse of their more private and spontaneous selves yet also expect that there will be no loss of originality when it comes to expressiveness, insight, drama, or humor. The enthusiastic erudite editors of this eclectic volume have studied 500 years worth of epistolary output by British nobility and British and American writers and chosen 300 examples. Although specific letters will strike a reader's fancy, what's most remarkable about this collection is how it chronicles not only radical social and cultural changes, but also truly remarkable permutations in diction, vocabulary, and grammar."--Booklist "Letters written by writers and other famous people intrigue us. We hope to get a glimpse of their more private and spontaneous selves yet also expect that there will be no loss of originality when it comes to expressiveness, insight, drama, or humor. The enthusiastic erudite editors of this eclectic volume have studied 500 years worth of epistolary output by British nobility and British and American writers and chosen 300 examples. Although specific letters will strike a reader's fancy, what's most remarkable about this collection is how it chronicles not only radical social and cultural changes, but also truly remarkable permutations in diction, vocabulary, and grammar."--Booklist "Letters written by writers and other famous people intrigue us. We hope to get a glimpse of their more private and spontaneous selves yet also expect that there will be no loss of originality when it comes to expressiveness, insight, drama, or humor. The enthusiastic erudite editors of this eclectic volume have studied 500 years worth of epistolary output by British nobility and British and American writers and chosen 300 examples. Although specific letters will strike a reader's fancy, what's most remarkable about this collection is how it chronicles not only radical social and cultural changes, but also truly remarkable permutations in diction, vocabulary, and grammar."--Booklist
About the Editors: Frank Kermode, author and critic, is retired King Edward VII Professor of English at Cambridge. He has written and edited many books, including Uses of Error and The Oxford Anthology of English Literature. Anita Kermode has researched and taught English and American literature at Rutgers University, Columbia University, and the University of Cambridge.
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