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001			828888745
003			OCoLC
005			20190729105115.0
008			130228s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781592408351
020			_a1592408354
040			_aBTCTA _beng _erda _cBTCTA _dBDX _dKNJ _dJAG _dCGP _dAZT
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050	1	4	_aPE1483 _b.G37 2013
082	0	4	_a808.6 _223
100	1		_aGarfield, Simon,
245	0	0	_aTo the letter : _ba celebration of the lost art of letter writing / _cSimon Garfield.
264		1	_aNew York, New York : _bGotham, _c[2013]
264		4	_c©2013.
300			_a464 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliography (pages 446-449) and index.
505	0		_aThe magic of letters -- From Vindolanda, Greetings -- The consolations of Cicero, Seneca and Pliny the Younger -- Love in its earliest forms -- How to write the perfect letter, Part 1 -- Neither snow nor rain nor the flatness of Norfolk -- How to write the perfect letter, Part 2 -- Letters for sale -- Why Jane Austen's letters are so dull (and other postal problems solved) -- A letter feels like immortality -- How to write the perfect letter, Part 3 -- More letters for sale -- Love in its later forms -- The modern master -- Inbox -- Epilogue: Dear reader.
520			_aAn ode to the dwindling art of letter writing explores its potential salvation in the digital age, chronicling the history of letter writing as reflected by love letters, chain mail, and business correspondence, while surveying the role that letters have played as literary devices.
650		0	_aLetter writing _vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aInterpersonal communication.
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949			_aPE1483 .G37 2013 _wLC _c1 _hEY8Z _i33039001316859
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