After Franklin: The Emergence of Autobiography in Post-revolutionary America, 1780-1830University Press of New England, 2001 - 241 páginas Although much has been written about Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, other writers of what Stephen Arch calls “self-biographies” in post-revolutionary America have received scant scholarly attention. This rich variety of texts dramatically shows the complex nature of 19th-century concepts of identity. Arguing that “autobiography” is a modern invention, Arch shows its emergence in the older, conservative self-biographies of Alexander Graydon, Benjamin Rush, and Ethan Allen and in the newer, more progressive, and even radical self-biographies of K. White, Elizabeth Fisher, Stephen Burroughs, and John Fitch. Describing the evolution of a concept as elastic as “the self” is not easy, but Arch offers a unique and imaginative study of the emergence of a specifically modern American identity. |
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... emulation . In 1746 , Franklin sees Archibald Spencer perform “ some electrical Experiments " in Boston . “ [ S ] urpriz'd and pleas'd , ” Franklin imitates the experiments when he returns to Philadelphia , using appa- ratus that the ...
... emulation . In 1746 , Franklin sees Archibald Spencer perform “ some electrical Experiments " in Boston . “ [ S ] urpriz'd and pleas'd , ” Franklin imitates the experiments when he returns to Philadelphia , using appa- ratus that the ...
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... emulation ( reconfiguring and improving Cullen's system ) . John Adams , writing to Rush at the beginning of the nineteenth century , defined emulation in just this way : " The human mind is made capable of conceiving some- thing more ...
... emulation ( reconfiguring and improving Cullen's system ) . John Adams , writing to Rush at the beginning of the nineteenth century , defined emulation in just this way : " The human mind is made capable of conceiving some- thing more ...
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... emulation . As Franklin's use of the word " improvements " suggests , emulation is a progressive gesture , an attempt to improve a model or system , to make the future better than the past . " Emulation , " wrote Edward Young in 1759 ...
... emulation . As Franklin's use of the word " improvements " suggests , emulation is a progressive gesture , an attempt to improve a model or system , to make the future better than the past . " Emulation , " wrote Edward Young in 1759 ...
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4 | 38 |
Travels through Life | 74 |
Ethan Allen and the Republican Self | 93 |
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