British and American Letter Manuals, 1680-1810, Volume 3

ISBN-13: 9781138111622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 482 str.

Eve Tavor Bannet

Opis

During the 18th century, letter manuals became the most popular form of conduct literature

Spis treści

Volume 3: Introduction, On Epistolary Style; A Gentleman of Fortune, Th e New Art of Letter Writing, Divided into Two Parts, 2nd edn (1762; Some London Styles: Samuel Richardson, Letters Written to and for Particular Friends, on the Most Important Occasions (1741); Charles Hallifax, Familiar Letters on Various Subjects of Business and Amusement (1755); George Fisher, Th e Instructor: Or, Young Man’s Best Companion (1767); Manuals Published in London, Edinburgh, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Hartford and Salem: [Anon.], Th e Complete Letter-Writer; or Polite English Secretary. 12th edn (1768); Manuals Published in Glasgow, New York and New Haven: H. W. Dilworth, Th e Complete Letter Writer; or Young Secretary’s Instructor (1783); H. W. Dilworth, Th e Complete Letter Writer, or Young Secretary’s Instructor (1793); Manuals Published in Aberdeen and London: David Fordyce, Th e New and Complete British Letter-Writer; or Young Secretary’s Instructor in Polite Modern Letter-Writing [1790]; Manuals Published in Philadelphia: [Anon.], Th e American Letter-Writer: Containing a Variety of Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life (1793)

O autorze

Eve Tavor Bannet