Postal culture writing and reading letters in post-unification Italy

Postal culture : writing and reading letters in post-unification Italy / Gabriella Romani.

Author/creator	Romani, Gabriella
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Description	x, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Verga, Giovanni, 1840-1922. Storia di una capinera. Serao, Matilde, 1856-1927--Criticism and interpretation. Communication and technology--Italy --History --19th century. Postal service--Italy --History --19th century. Written communication--Italy --History --19th century. Letter writing--Italy --History --19th century. Literature and society--Italy --History --19th century. Epistolary fiction, Italian--History and criticism. Italy--Social life and customs --19th century. Italy--Civilization --19th century.

Series	Toronto Italian studies Toronto Italian studies. ^A362209
Contents	Postal culture after 1861 : an introduction -- Writing and reading letters : the nationalization of the Italian postal service, epistolary manuals, and the print media -- Fictionalizing the letter : Giovanni Verga's Storia di una capinera -- Coeur-responding with her readers : the sentimental politics of Matilde Serao's epistolary fiction.
General note	Appendix includes letters transcribed from Italian newspapers.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013404988
ISBN	9781442647084 (bound : acid-free paper)
ISBN	1442647086 (bound : acid-free paper)

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