Epistolary Essay Examples and Topics

The author has engaged with epistolary on several levels from the thematic to the structural. This novel has several characters engaging in letter dialogues to one-sided exchanges that bear more resemblance to a diary than to a series of letters to a correspondent. The epistolary…

During the 1890s, two books were published within the same genre that, might appear to have nothing in common with one another, except the genre. These two novels were, Oscar Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray published in 1891, followed by Bram Stoker’s…

“Voice is all about your originality and having the courage to express it.” – Rachelle GardnerThrough the use of Epistolary, Black English and Standard American English, Alice Walker distinguishes unique voices between the two writers in the Color Purple.Epistolary is define as a novel composed…

This article by Megan Robertson is written in letter form. The article looks at the history of letters in academia; the article also looks at the effectiveness of letters as means of communication in academia. In the article, Robertson examines the history and the effectiveness…

Analyze and critique the epistolary style of the Brooks novel. Is this effective for the subject genre? Or would the novel be better served if written in a narrative style like Harold and Maude? Argue for or against the epistolary style in Brooks’ book, using…

In The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, there is a lot to say, already, about the character of Werther just in the very first few pages. It is clear that Werther is in a very dark place, and he has a…

Exploring the Paradoxes of the Genre by Reinterpreting Altman’s Epistolarity In her book, Altman states that “the paradox of epistolarity is that the very consistency of epistolary meaning is the interplay within a specific set of polar inconsistencies.” (Altman 1983: 190) and in chapter six…

A Story About What Was Felt But Left Unsaid: The bridge/barrier Ambivalence There is one occasion at the beginning of the novel where Rosie writes a letter to Alex but never sends it. This is the first sign we get as readers that she has…

The writer/reader Issue The epistolary form is unique in making the reader (narratee) almost as important an agent in the narrative as the writer (narrator). Even when the internal reader’s interpretation of the letter does not constitute part of the represented action of the epistolary…