After Franklin: The Emergence of Autobiography in Post-revolutionary America 1780-1830University of New Hampshire ; published by University Press of New England, 2001 - 241 páginas An analysis of the foundations of autobiography in America. |
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... James initially presents a striking contrast to Andrew the Hebridean in the famous Letter III . Andrew's history is a record of the emigrant's progression from oppressed European to free American . There is room for Andrew in the world ...
... James initially presents a striking contrast to Andrew the Hebridean in the famous Letter III . Andrew's history is a record of the emigrant's progression from oppressed European to free American . There is room for Andrew in the world ...
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... James calls a “ general review of human nature ” ( 177 ) , moves from his discussion of the institution of slavery to his recog- nition that man is by nature wretched , his principles " poisoned in their most essential parts " ( 173-174 ) ...
... James calls a “ general review of human nature ” ( 177 ) , moves from his discussion of the institution of slavery to his recog- nition that man is by nature wretched , his principles " poisoned in their most essential parts " ( 173-174 ) ...
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... James's state of mind is figured by an " uncommon and beautiful " bat- tle between a blacksnake and a water snake described at the end of Let- ter X. He is puzzled by the battle , for the " vindictive rage " expressed by each combatant ...
... James's state of mind is figured by an " uncommon and beautiful " bat- tle between a blacksnake and a water snake described at the end of Let- ter X. He is puzzled by the battle , for the " vindictive rage " expressed by each combatant ...
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I | 6 |
2 | 20 |
Alexander Graydon and the Federalist Self | 54 |
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Alexander Graydon Allen's Narrative American Literature American Revolution argue autobiography behavior Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Rush biography Boston British Burroughs Burroughs's Cambridge captivity Cathy Davidson character Charles Brockden Brown claims conception counterfeit course Crèvecoeur's critics culture discourse Early American eccentric eighteenth century emergence Emerson Ethan Allen example experience father Federalist fictional Fisher Fitch Fliegelman genre of autobiography Graydon's Memoirs Grimes human ideas identity imagines independent individual insists invention James James's Jefferson John Adams John Fitch language Letters liberty Library of America Literary History mind modern moral Nantucket Nantucket Island narrator nature nineteenth century novel original Oxford University Press P. T. Barnum Philadelphia political Princeton printed published readers remarks Reprint republican Revolutionary America romantic Rush's says self-biography selfhood sense sentimental singular social society steamboat Stephen Burroughs story tells texts Thomas Thoreau tion tradition Travels virtue White William women writing written wrote York
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