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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 [...]

Lina Bernstein analyzes the first letter-writing manual published in Russia and places it in its social-historical context.

Letter-writing manuals from the 16th to the 18th centuries in England and America demonstrate how cultural ideas moved literacy from an elite activity to a popular form of communication. The influence of letter manuals extended to other kinds of books such as conduct manuals, and cross-genre influences have been significant.

This article discusses the cultural and historical aspects of love letter writing. Topics include literacy, code writing, letter burning, etiquette, and fantasy.

The hundreds of letters that Avdot'ia Petrovna Elagina wrote during her lifetime (1789-1877) are considered models of the Russian epistolary style. While women during her time usually corresponded in French, Elagina's letters were written in a modern literary Russian that was then just emerging. Since no literary language fulfilling all the requisites of written and oral communication existed in Russia, her letters clearly stood out. However, what really set her correspondence apart was its cheerful tone even in the face of hardships.

An analysis of the letter collection of Demetrios Kydones, a 14th century Byzantine scholar and diplomat, indicates that writers often became closely involved in the publishing process. His letters indicate he had a strong sense of social conformity, and mainly conveyed praise for or criticism of others in veiled ways. Unlike others, however, Kydones' letters were preserved both in their dossier and published forms, making comparison possible.

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.

I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention, and his hand. (Shakespeare, As You Like It, IV. 3.29-30)(1) IN RECENT YEARS scholars working on women's [...]

The lives and experiences of the people during the civil war have been brought into reality only because of the letters that were written and communicated to others. The growth and development of letter wring and the postal services during that time, is traced.