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Letter Writing as a Social Practice
Edited by David Barton and Nigel Hall
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy 9] 2000
► pp. v–vi

Table of contents

1. Introduction1
2. Letters and the Social Grounding of Differentiated Genres15
3. The Familiar Letter and Social Refinement in America, 1750–180031
4. Letter Writing in a Cornish Community in the 1790s43
5. English Pauper Letters 1800–34, and the English Language63
6. The Materiality of Letter Writing: A nineteenth century perspective83
7. Letter-Writing Instruction in 19th Century Schools in the United States109
8. Young Children’s Explorations of Letter Writing131
9. Death Row Penfriends: Some Effects of Letter Writing on Identity and Relationships151
10. ‘Absolute Truly Brill to See From You’: Visuality and Prisoners’ Letters
11. True Traces: Love Letters and Social Transformation in Nepal199
12. Teaching Letters: The Recontextualisation of Letter-Writing Practices in Literacy Classes for Unschooled Adults in South Africa209
13. Computer-Mediated Communication: The Future of the Letter?233
Author biographies253
Index of Names257
Index of Subjects259


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