Letterworlds in Late Nineteenth-Century France - The Epistolary Culture of Mallarme, Morisot, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Zola

What do letters written by cultural elites tell us about everyday living? Letterworlds advances a comparative thematic methodology, exploring the selected letter-writing of Mallarmé, Morisot, Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Zola through subjects that resonate today: physical and mental health; solitude and community; ethics and cultures of care.

List of contents

Introduction: thinking letterworlds; 1. Unlocking capacity; 2. The embodied letter; 3. Solitude and community; 4. Ethics and the everyday; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Susan Harrow is Ashley Watkins Professor of French at the University of Bristol. She is the author of four books on modern French literature and focuses particularly on modernism, poetry and visual culture. A former President of the Society for French Studies, she was made Officier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques for services to French culture in 2011. Her recent study Colourworks (2020) was joint winner of the R. Gapper Book Prize in 2021.

Product details

• Authors: Susan (University of Bristol) Harrow, Harrow Susan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.08.2025
• EAN: 9781009619004
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0961900-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Material Culture, Literary studies: general, Individual artists, art monographs, Diaries, letters and journals