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Benjamin Franklin (Hardcover)
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Benjamin Franklin (Hardcover)
Series: Critical Insights
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This title includes in-depth critical discussions of his life and
works. Perhaps no figure is more central to the myth and promise of
America than Benjamin Franklin. A true Renaissance man, Franklin
conducted scientific experiments, wrote political satires and
treatises, and is credited with numerous inventions. As volume
editor Jack Lynch points out, Franklin's name 'is the only name
that appears on the four most important documents in the
establishment of the United States: the Declaration of
Independence, the Treaty of Paris, the Treaty of Alliance with
France, and the United States Constitution'. Edited and introduced
by 18th century scholar Jack Lynch, Professor of English at Rutgers
University, Newark, this volume examines several facets of
America's most famous polymath. Lynch's introduction considers the
essays collected in this volume as he tries to pin down the iconic
and larger-than-life Franklin. Clark Davis provides a biography of
Franklin after which Bradley Bazzle considers the Autobiography as
a central part of the American creation myth, part memoir, part
performance. Original essays by Neil Heims, Gurdip Panesar, Maura
Grace Harrington, and Matthew Bolton collectively consider
Franklin, his times, and his impact on American Culture. Heims
examines the culture of 18th Century America and the very public
figure of Franklin while Panesar considers the difficulties critics
have had in painting a complete portrait of Franklin, due in large
part to his multifacetedness. Maura Grace Harrington looks at the
Autobiography through the lens of fatherhood, both personal and
spiritual while Matthew Bolton offers an original interpretation of
the so-called 'Lost Generation' as a response to Franklin's legacy.
The selection of reprinted essays begins with Sherry Ann Beaudrea
and Stanley Finger's examination of the legacies of Franklin and
his Dutch-born medical correspondent Jan Ingenhousz. This essay is
followed by one by Betsy Erkkila, who suggests Franklin was
partially responsible for a new conceptualization of the body. A.
Owen Aldridge provides both careful close reading and a thorough
consideration of biographical contexts in his consideration of
Franklin's ""The Elysian Fields"". Aldridge is followed by Jennifer
Jordan Baker, who argues that it's impossible to make sense of
Franklin's world without an understanding of the economic situation
his country faced. Jennifer T. Kennedy's essay is a consideration
of Franklin the printer confronting death, and his writing as a
kind of repetition. In the volume penultimate essay, Christina
Lupton examines artistic recycling in both Franklin and Laurence
Stern while in the volume's final essay Ralph Frasca considers
Franklin in the context of his support of the freedom and
responsibility of the press. Each essay is 5,000 words in length,
and all essays conclude with a list of 'Works Cited', along with
endnotes.
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