Samuel Richardson and the Art of Letter-Writing (Paperback)

Introduction: undesigning scribbler; 1. Forming a style: Pamela, plainness and the 'true sublime'; 2. Lady Bradshaigh's Clarissa and the author as correspondent; 3. Trifling scribes: women's letters and patchwork writing; 4. The Grandison years: men, morals, and manliness; 5. Editing letters in an age of index-learning; Conclusion.