After Franklin: The Emergence of Autobiography in Post-revolutionary America 1780-1830University of New Hampshire ; published by University Press of New England, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 241 pages An analysis of the foundations of autobiography in America. |
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... complex , sophisticated narratives that in the context of an American lit- erary history dedicated to diversity in all its many forms deserve more scrutiny ; and they , like more well - known writers such as Rousseau and Wordsworth ...
... complex , sophisticated narratives that in the context of an American lit- erary history dedicated to diversity in all its many forms deserve more scrutiny ; and they , like more well - known writers such as Rousseau and Wordsworth ...
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... complex European and Anglo- American ones . We cannot know for sure if James's brief hesitation about the rosy picture he paints of Indian life is a warning of future disil- lusionments or is simply leftover skepticism inapplicable to ...
... complex European and Anglo- American ones . We cannot know for sure if James's brief hesitation about the rosy picture he paints of Indian life is a warning of future disil- lusionments or is simply leftover skepticism inapplicable to ...
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... complex nature of nineteenthcentury 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 ...
... complex nature of nineteenthcentury 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 ...
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