TY - CHAP
T1 - Epistolary Literature
AU - Barnes, Diana G
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - While historians of emotions have recognized that sent letters, or missives, represent a rich documentary source of individuals' emotional lives, they have tended to overlook fictional letters. Epistolary literature is a broad field ranging from epistolary manuals, verse epistle, prose and novels and can circulate in print or manuscript. Whereas 'real' letters are written and read primarily for pragmatic reasons, epistolary literature is designed to entertain, impress or educate readers, and to promote the author. Love and friendship are key emotions in fictional letters, although filial piety, shame and humility are recurrent themes. Historical genre analysis can illuminate the cultural assumptions about emotion invested in the art of letter writing.
AB - While historians of emotions have recognized that sent letters, or missives, represent a rich documentary source of individuals' emotional lives, they have tended to overlook fictional letters. Epistolary literature is a broad field ranging from epistolary manuals, verse epistle, prose and novels and can circulate in print or manuscript. Whereas 'real' letters are written and read primarily for pragmatic reasons, epistolary literature is designed to entertain, impress or educate readers, and to promote the author. Love and friendship are key emotions in fictional letters, although filial piety, shame and humility are recurrent themes. Historical genre analysis can illuminate the cultural assumptions about emotion invested in the art of letter writing.
KW - British and Irish Literature
UR - https://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an57552019
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781138925755
SN - 9781315441368
SN - 9781138925748
T3 - Early Modern Themes
SP - 95
EP - 98
BT - Early Modern Emotions : An Introduction
A2 - Broomhall, Susan
PB - Routledge
CY - London, United Kingdom
ER -