Winner of the 2008 ESSE Book Award in the field of Literatures in the English Language    Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2006 "The study is not a mere exploration of epistolary forms, but a lively introduction into a fascinating epoch, with its specific manners and life-style. The author's argument is engaging, bold and forceful, and its scope is really impressive." -- ESSE Book Award Committee    "Brant makes illuminating connections between the practice of letter-writing and the development of print journalism. Eighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture is a dense book full of brilliant insights. It distils an immense amount of reading and fully vindicates its assertion of the cultural significance of letters." -- Times Literary Supplement     "Clare Brant has produced a magisterial study of letters, an important and ground-breaking work.The breadth of coverage in this book is impressive, encompassing many kinds of epistolary exchange and a pleasing mix of obscure and well-known writers." -- Emma Major, Modern Language Review  .