After Franklin: The Emergence of Autobiography in Post-revolutionary America, 1780-1830Although 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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The “ affecting interest ” of friends , any sentimentalist could have told Burgoyne ,
cannot be moved by threats or intimidation . The Proclamation initiates a three -
page meditation by Allen , which he ends by declaring his true “ feelings ” for ...
The “ affecting interest ” of friends , any sentimentalist could have told Burgoyne ,
cannot be moved by threats or intimidation . The Proclamation initiates a three -
page meditation by Allen , which he ends by declaring his true “ feelings ” for ...
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Only the four “ major " novels of Charles Brockden Brown have managed in
recent years to hold their own in scholarly interest , and of course that interest is a
fairly recent phenomenon . 10 . For example , Herbert Leibowitz moves from a ...
Only the four “ major " novels of Charles Brockden Brown have managed in
recent years to hold their own in scholarly interest , and of course that interest is a
fairly recent phenomenon . 10 . For example , Herbert Leibowitz moves from a ...
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Howe ' s study complements mine , although he is less interested in narrative
than I am and is more interested in the ... Both Payne and Rabinowitz detect an
increasing interest in subjectivity even in Protestant self - biographies in the ...
Howe ' s study complements mine , although he is less interested in narrative
than I am and is more interested in the ... Both Payne and Rabinowitz detect an
increasing interest in subjectivity even in Protestant self - biographies in the ...
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After Franklin: the emergence of autobiography in post-revolutionary America, 1780-1830
معاينة المستخدمين - Not Available - Book VerdictArch's (Authorizing the Past; English, Michigan State Univ.) well-supported thesis is that before the 1810s in North America, people who wrote about themselves, Benjamin Franklin for example, were not ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
After Franklin: the emergence of autobiography in post-revolutionary America, 1780-1830
معاينة المستخدمين - Not Available - Book VerdictArch's (Authorizing the Past; English, Michigan State Univ.) well-supported thesis is that before the 1810s in North America, people who wrote about themselves, Benjamin Franklin for example, were not ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
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SelfBiography | 3 |
Travels through Life | 74 |
Ethan Allen and the Republican Self | 93 |
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