Epistolary Art of Catherine the Great

The first toanalyse comprehensively the letters of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, thisstudy traces Catherine's development as a letter-writer, her networkingstrategies, her image-making, and the materiality of her letters. It arguesthat her letters were her literary masterpiece and a key means by which sheparticipated in the intellectual and social life of the Enlightenment.

Primul care analizeaza in mod cuprinzator scrisorile imparatesei Ecaterina cea Mare a Rusiei, acest studiu urmareste dezvoltarea Catherinei ca scriitoare de scrisori, strategiile de retea, realizarea imaginilor si materialitatea scrisorilor sale. Acesta sustine ca scrisorile ei au fost capodopera ei literara si un mijloc cheie prin care a participat la viata intelectuala si sociala a Iluminismului.