First Letters in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

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First Letters in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries is written by Alain Kerhervé and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1527556085 (ISBN 10) and 9781527556089 (ISBN 13).

‘First letters’ can be understood in various ways: as the first letters written by a person, such as the letters of children, or of drafts which were preserved, amended and copied; as the first letter of a particular type, such as an experienced letter-writer’s first love letter; and as the first letter to a new correspondent, among many others. The idea of a first letter also suggests a link with the letters that follow: what is the connection between the first letter and those which come after it? Written by academics specializing in letter-writing internationally, this volume examines the letters of various authors, philosophers, and artists, including Benjamin Constant, José-Maria de Heredia, Voltaire, Diderot, Coleridge, De Quincey, and others. It is structured in four sections: letters from youth; first letters in fictional works; the writer’s persona; and first letters within correspondence.