Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Franklin

Informationen zum Autor Carla Mulford is Associate Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. Klappentext A valuable overview for students and scholars of American literature, history and culture. Zusammenfassung Comprehensive and accessible! this Companion examines Franklin's writings and his life with a new sophistication! placing Franklin in his cultural milieu while revealing the complexities of his intellectual! literary! social! and political views. A valuable overview for students and scholars of American literature! history and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction Carla Mulford; 1. Benjamin Franklin's library Kevin J. Hayes; 2. The art of virtue Douglas Anderson; 3. Franklin's satiric vein Paul E. Kerry; 4. Franklin in the Republic of Letters David S. Shields; 5. Benjamin Franklin's natural philosophy Joyce E. Chaplin; 6. Franklin and the Enlightenment Frank Kelleter; 7. Franklin and the question of religion Kerry Walters; 8. The pragmatist in Franklin James Campbell; 9. Franklin on national character and the Great Seal of the United States Lester C. Olson; 10. Protestant ethic or conspicuous consumption?: Benjamin Franklin and the Gilded Age Wilson J. Moses; 11. Benjamin Franklin and the American Dream Nian-Sheng Huang and Carla Mulford; 12. Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, then and now Stephen Carl Arch; Guide to further reading; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Carla Mulford, Carla (Pennsylvania State University) Mulford
• Assisted by: Carla Mulford (Editor), Carla (Pennsylvania State University) Mulford (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521871341
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87134-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Americ; Cambridge Companions to Americ; Cambridge Companions to American Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, History of the Americas