MILESTONES FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF EPISTOLARITY

Abstract

Author's coordinates: Bukaresti Tudományegyetem/ Universitatea din București, București/Bukarest, str. Edgar Quinet 5

Email: alexandru.ofrim@litere.unibuc.ro

The purpose of this article is a brief historical presentation of the letter evolution, from Antiquity to the present day. The epistolary genre is a type of writing that depends on historical contexts: the degree of literacy, the type of social relations, the existence of postal communicationnetworks, etc.

Keywords: domestic writings, writing practices, letters, alphabetisation, cultural history.

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