The "Memo" pages of Franklin's Autobiography
In 1783 Abel James and Benjamin Vaughan sent each a letter to Franklin asking him to resume the writing of his life, which he had begun in 1771. In addition to providing Franklin with a legitimate occasion to continue his truncated self-narration (he is asked to teach other Americans how to live the...
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Universidad de Zaragoza: Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana
1997
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| Sumario: | In 1783 Abel James and Benjamin Vaughan sent each a letter to Franklin asking him to resume the writing of his life, which he had begun in 1771. In addition to providing Franklin with a legitimate occasion to continue his truncated self-narration (he is asked to teach other Americans how to live their lives) the two letters consider life writing as a disciplinary technology and a nation-building institution. They also comment upon the competition among rival modes of self-making and self-representation taking place at the time on both sides of the Atlantic, as evinced in the writings of Edwards, Jefferson, Fielding, and Boswell, among others. |
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