Category of places in 18th-century love letters

The study presents various strategies for describing places, used in their letters by women belonging to the Radziwill family in the 18th century: Franciszka Urszula nee Wisniowiecki, Magdalena nee Czapski, and Aniela nee Miaczynski. The article concentrates on the persuasive aspect of descriptions of different locations, mainly Nieswiez and Biala. All of these locations are categorized by their function. The author proves that focusing on place descriptions - elements not traditionally connected with persuasion as yet - turns out to enrich the research on the letter as a highly rhetorised form.