Epistolary Romanticism LocationArts 103 DatesWednesday 11 March 2020 (17:00-19:00) Contact19cc@contacts.bham.ac.uk Add to my calendar Nineteenth Century Centre 19C Seminar Series, Dr Tony Howe (Birmingham City), “Epistolary Romanticism” This talk will consider epistolary culture and practice in the age of the mail coach. As well as developments in how mail was transported and delivered, I will discuss some epistolary dimensions of Romantic literary theory. What is the literary status of a letter in relation to a novel or poem? Does the fact that a poem is transcribed into a letter alter its meaning?