Letters, postcards, email : technologies of presence /
Esther Milne.
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- xvi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 24 .
- Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 24. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'The conscious presence of a central intellect' : British postal history --'The simple transcripts of natural feeling' : signifiers of presence in epistolary practice --'The ghosts of all my impertinent letters' : presence in crisis --'The self-conscious air of the reproduced' : postcard history --'A photo of the ship that I am now on' : signifiers of presence, intimacy and privacy in postcard correspondence -- A brief history of electronic mail --'In my sickness' : constructing presence on the cybermind discussion group.
9780415993289 (hbk.) RM330.31 0415993288 (hbk.)
2009-027130
Letter writing--Psychological aspects.--English-speaking countries Written communication--Psychological aspects.--English-speaking countries English letters--History and criticism. Communication and technology.