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Benjamin Franklin : a collection of critical essays

Title
  1. Benjamin Franklin : a collection of critical essays / edited by Brian M. Barbour.
Published by
  1. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1979.

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Additional authors
  1. Barbour, Brian M., 1943-
Description
  1. viii, 179 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
  1. A collection of critical essays examining how Franklin's writings have influenced American attitudes.
Series statement
  1. Twentieth century views
  2. A Spectrum book
Uniform title
  1. Twentieth century views
Subject
  1. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 > Writing skill
  2. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
  3. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
  4. Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
  5. Franklin, Benjamin
  6. Autobiography (Franklin, Benjamin)
  7. 1600-1850
  8. Statesmen > United States > Biography > History and criticism
  9. Literary style
  10. Autobiography
  11. American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism
  12. American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism
  13. Autobiographies as Topic
  14. autobiography (genre)
  15. American literature > Colonial period
  16. American literature
  17. Autobiography
  18. Statesmen > Biography
  19. Literary style
  20. Aufsatzsammlung
  21. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Autobiography
  2. autobiographies (literary works)
  3. Autobiographies
  4. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  5. Autobiographies.
  6. Essays.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 176-179.