TY - BOOK AU - Milne,Esther TI - Letters, postcards, email: technologies of presence T2 - Routledge research in cultural and media studies SN - 9780415993289 (hbk.) PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Letter writing KW - English-speaking countries KW - Psychological aspects KW - Written communication KW - English letters KW - History and criticism KW - Communication and technology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 'The conscious presence of a central intellect' : British postal history --'The simple transcripts of natural feeling' : signifiers of presence in epistolary practice --'The ghosts of all my impertinent letters' : presence in crisis --'The self-conscious air of the reproduced' : postcard history --'A photo of the ship that I am now on' : signifiers of presence, intimacy and privacy in postcard correspondence -- A brief history of electronic mail --'In my sickness' : constructing presence on the cybermind discussion group ER -