(print) 235 p. ; 24 cmAcknowledgments vii -- Introduction 3 -- Epistolary Mediation 13 -- Of Confidence and Confidants 47 -- The Weight of the Reader 87 -- Epistolary Discourse 117 -- The Dynamics of Epistolary Closure 143 -- The Epistolary Mosaic 167 -- Conclusion : The Parameters and Paradoxes of Epistolarity 185 -- Selected Bibliography 217 -- Index 22