The phrase "a volume of correspondence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a large collection or body of written communication, such as letters or emails, typically in a formal or professional context.
Example: "The historian reviewed a volume of correspondence between the two leaders to gain insight into their relationship."
Alternatives: "a collection of letters" or "a body of communication".
"I have received a volume of correspondence from constituents objecting to the changes it is a significant issue in this election, however the dilemma is to identify another area of revenue to target," Goodenough said.
Among the books that have been affected by the restrictions at Georgetown are a biography of Edith Sitwell, a volume of correspondence between Greene and Evelyn Waugh, and a chronology of Greene's life for a series on writers, published by St. Martin's Press.
It was to be an unusually extended writing life: Maxwell's first novel, Bright Center of Heaven, was published in 1934, the same year as Tender Is the Night; his final book of original fiction, Billie Dyer and Other Stories, appeared in 1992, with the Collected Stories and a volume of correspondence still to come before his death in August 2000, two weeks short of his 92nd birthday.
A volume of selected correspondence, "Letters on Literature and Politics," came out in 1977, edited by Elena Wilson, with the assistance of Daniel Aaron.
As for the TS Eliot estate, and its well-publicised reluctance to sanction a biography or release a further volume of correspondence, as discussed in a recent article in Review ("Dear Mrs Eliot... .. January 29), Sutherland believes that "we'll never get a decent life of Eliot now, because all the trails are cold.
He received the following reply: "We have received a large volume of correspondence as a result of this program and the greater majority of it has been favorable," it began.
"I have an enormous volume of correspondence, which is always in a muddle, and I have a family to look after, but I feel rather bored outside the House of Lords".
Jon Lellenberg (the American agent of the Conan Doyle estate), Daniel Stashower (author of a 1999 biography, "Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Foley Conan Doyleyle's great-nephew and the estate's present executor) have assembled a 706-page volume of correspondence, "Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters".
Schlesinger's sons Andrew and Stephen, who edited their father's "Journals: 1952-2000" for publication, have lately been collating letters for a volume of his selected correspondence.
A volume of Wright's correspondence prepared by Michel Fabre, Wright's first authorised biographer, was scrapped at the last minute and has never been revived.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Schlesinger's sons Andrew and Stephen, who edited their father's "Journals: 1952-2000" for publication, have lately been collating letters for a volume of his selected correspondence.
