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To the Letter - A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing

by Simon Garfield
To the Letter - A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing
To the Letter - A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing

Rediscovering intimacy in letters' bygone artistry.

If you're feeling nostalgic for a time when communication was a craft rather than a quick text or email, "To The Letter" is a heartwarming journey. It invites you to savor the slower, more thoughtful world of letter writing, exploring its rich history and cultural impact. This book isn't just a historical account; it's a call to cherish personal connections in an increasingly digital age.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

To the Letter - A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing

by Simon Garfield
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ISBN: 9781592408351
Authors: Simon Garfield
Publisher: Avery
Date of Publication: 2013-11-14
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Philosophy, Personal Development, History
Related Topics: Biography, Writing, History, Historical
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 804 readers)

Description

The New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map offers an ode to letter writing and its possible salvation in the digital age. Few things are as exciting—and potentially life-changing—as discovering an old letter. And while etiquette books still extol the practice, letter writing seems to be disappearing amid a flurry of e-mails, texting, and tweeting. The recent decline in letter writing marks a cultural shift so vast that in the future historians may divide time not between BC and AD but between the eras when people wrote letters and when they did not. Can anything be done to revive a practice that has dictated and tracked the progress of civilization for more than five hundred years? In To the Letter, Garfield traces the fascinating history of letter writing from the love letter and the business letter to the chain letter and the letter of recommendation. He provides a tender critique of early letter-writing manuals and analyzes celebrated correspondence from Erasmus to Princess Diana. He also considers the role that letters have played as a literary device from Shakespeare to the epistolary novel, all the rage in the eighteenth century and alive and well today with bestsellers like The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. At a time when the decline of letter writing appears to be irreversible, Garfield is the perfect candidate to inspire bibliophiles to put pen to paper and create “a form of expression, emotion, and tactile delight we may clasp
 

Rediscovering intimacy in letters' bygone artistry.

If you're feeling nostalgic for a time when communication was a craft rather than a quick text or email, "To The Letter" is a heartwarming journey. It invites you to savor the slower, more thoughtful world of letter writing, exploring its rich history and cultural impact. This book isn't just a historical account; it's a call to cherish personal connections in an increasingly digital age.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.