A Benjamin Franklin ReaderSimon and Schuster, 2003 - 551 páginas Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life," this collection of Franklin's writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America's favorite Founder and wit. As a twelve-year-old apprentice in his brother's print shop, Benjamin Franklin taught himself to be a writer by taking notes on the works of great essayists such as Addison and Steele, jumbling them up, and then trying to recreate them in his own words. By that method, he recalled in his "Autobiography," he was encouraged to think he might become a "tolerable" writer. In fact, he became the best, most popular, and most influential writer in colonial America. His direct and practical prose shaped America's democratic character, and his homespun humor gave birth to the nation's unique brand of crackerbarrel wisdom. This book collects dozens of Franklin's delight-ful essays and letters, along with a complete version of his "Autobiography." It includes an introductory essay exploring Franklin's life and impact as a writer, and each piece is accompanied by a preface and notes that provide background, context, and analysis. Through the writings and the introductory essays, the reader can trace the development of Franklin's thinking, along with the birth of the nation he and his pen helped to invent. |
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Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Silence Dogood Introduces Herself | 9 |
Silence Dogoods Recipe for Poetry | 18 |
Silence Dogood Proposes Civic Improvements | 24 |
The First Abortion Controversy | 45 |
A Witch Trial at Mount Holly | 58 |
How to Please in Conversation | 86 |
Introducing Poor Richard | 93 |
Reasons for Restoring Canada to France | 187 |
The Cravenstreet Gazette | 223 |
A Showdown with Lord Hillsborough | 230 |
The Cause of Colds | 239 |
You Are My Enemy | 259 |
An Appeal to Frances Interests | 269 |
To His Daughter on Fame Frugality and Grandchildren | 286 |
A Fable About Misguided Loyalists | 311 |
Poor Richard Denies He Is Franklin | 100 |
Poor Richard Blames His Printer | 106 |
Poor Richards Wife Takes Her Turn | 115 |
A Call to Arms for the Middling People | 133 |
On Welfare Dependency | 155 |
Catherine Ray | 166 |
The Constitutional Convention | 357 |
Franklins Closing Speech | 363 |
The Final Parody on Slavery | 372 |
The Autobiography | 399 |
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The Americas in Italian Literature and Culture, 1700-1825 Stefania Buccini Vista previa limitada - 1997 |