Letter Writing as a Social Practice

1. 1. Introduction (by Barton, David); 2. 2. Letters and the Social Grounding of Differentiated Genres (by Bazerman, Charles); 3. 3. The Familiar Letter and Social Refinement in America, 1750-1800 (by Dierks, Konstantin); 4. 4. Letter Writing in a Cornish Community in the 1790s (by Austin, Frances O.); 5. 5. English Pauper Letters 1800-34, and the English Language (by Fairman, Tony); 6. 6. The Materiality of Letter Writing: A nineteenth century perspective (by Hall, Nigel); 7. 7. Letter-Writing Instruction in 19th Century Schools in the United States (by Schultz, Lucille M.); 8. 8. Young Children's Explorations of Letter Writing (by Hall, Nigel); 9. 9. Death Row Penfriends: Some Effects of Letter Writing on Identity and Relationships (by Maybin, Janet); 10. 10. 'Absolute Truly Brill to See From You': Visuality and Prisoners' Letters (by Wilson, Anita); 11. 11. True Traces: Love Letters and Social Transformation in Nepal (by Ahearn, Laura M.); 12. 12. Teaching Letters: The Recontextualisation of Letter-Writing Practices in Literacy Classes for Unschooled Adults in South Africa (by Kell, Catherine); 13. 13. Computer-Mediated Communication: The Future of the Letter? (by Yates, Simeon J.); 14. Author biographies; 15. Index of Names; 16. Index of Subjects