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Benjamin Franklin : a collection of critical essays
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin : a collection of critical essays / edited by Brian M. Barbour.
- Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Barbour, Brian M., 1943-
- Description
- viii, 179 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- A collection of critical essays examining how Franklin's writings have influenced American attitudes.
- Series Statement
- Twentieth century views
- A Spectrum book
- Uniform Title
- Twentieth century views
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 > Writing skill
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Autobiography (Franklin, Benjamin)
- 1600-1850
- Statesmen > United States > Biography > History and criticism
- Literary style
- Autobiography
- American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism
- American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism
- Autobiographies as Topic
- autobiography (genre)
- American literature > Colonial period
- American literature
- Autobiography
- Statesmen > Biography
- Literary style
- Aufsatzsammlung
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Autobiographies.
- Essays.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 176-179.
- Contents
- Introduction : Franklin, Lawrence, and tradition / Brian M. Barbour -- Franklin's character / Carl L. Becker -- The spirit of capitalism / Max Weber -- Franklin and the divided heritage of puritanism / Perry Miller -- Franklin and Emerson / Brian M. Barbour -- The printer as a man of letters : Franklin and the symbolism of the third realm / Lewis P. Simpson -- Benjamin Franklin : the making of an American character / John William Ward -- Benjamin Franklin / D.H. Lawrence -- The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : the Puritan experimenter in life and art / David Levin -- Franklin and spiritual autobiography / Daniel B. Shea -- Franklin and the shaping of American ideology / Michael T. Gilmore -- The dogood letters / Kenneth S. Lynn -- The almanac / Bruce Granger -- The public writings and the bagatelles / J.A. Leo Lemay -- Franklin's legacy to the gilded age / Louis B. Wright.
- ISBN
- 0130748560
- 9780130748560
- 0130748498
- 9780130748492
- LCCN
- 79012443
- OCLC
- ocm04857738
- 4857738
- SCSB-5570
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library