The Epistolary Renaissance A Critical Approach to Contemporary Letter Narratives in Anglophone Fiction (Volume 62)

Since the late twentieth century, letters in literature have seen a remarkable renaissance. The prominence of letters in recent fiction is due in part to the rediscovery, by contemporary writers, of letters as an effective tool for rendering aspects of historicity, liminality, marginalization and th...

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Other Authors: Löschnigg, Maria (Editor), Schuh, Rebekka (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018
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