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1. Did Hellenistic kings send letters to Asoka?

Author

Hinuber, Von Oskar

Subjects
Letter writing -- History, Letters -- History -- Analysis, Drama -- Criticism and interpretation, Sanskrit literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Buddhist literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
Abstract

As soon as script was introduced in India the art of writing letters may have been practiced. If it was, this is not known directly from any surviving correspondence of [...]

Published
2010

2. Epistolary rhetoric, the newspaper, and the public sphere

Author

Randall, David

Subjects
English newspapers -- Evaluation, English newspapers -- History, Letter writing -- History, Letter writing -- Evaluation, Rhetoric -- Analysis, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, History, Sociology and social work
Abstract

The article traces the history of the early modern world of English news and English newspapers from Antiquity to medieval and Renaissance Italy and England. The idea that the letter was simply a variant of personal speech was the prevailing thought within medieval and Renaissance conceptions of letter writing and letter writing was often ruled by various traditions of classical oral rhetoric.

Published
2008

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