After Franklin (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University Press of New England
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2001
First published:	May 2001
Authors:	Stephen Carl Arch
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	255
ISBN-13:	978-1-58465-132-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-58465-132-6
Barcode:	9781584651321

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