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bofh000 t1_j6nmxzu wrote

Reply to comment by franhawthorne in The letters of T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale that were kept sealed from 1956 to 2020 have been released for free online by RunDNA

Many writers used letters as a literary outlet, some used them as a literary device.

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franhawthorne t1_j6npkae wrote

Thanks for pointing out these other types of letters. If the letters are a literary outlet, I wonder how often the authors specify that their publication must be delayed for decades? When letters are used as a device within a book -- such as for an epistolary novel -- that's a very different matter, of course.

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