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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... dead selves ' of each man , distinct from all others , had begun to replace the fixed and average public self ” ( 13 ) .4 Taylor notes that class factors played a key role in the linguistic and conceptual transformation from " soul " to ...
... dead selves ' of each man , distinct from all others , had begun to replace the fixed and average public self ” ( 13 ) .4 Taylor notes that class factors played a key role in the linguistic and conceptual transformation from " soul " to ...
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... dead " early in the nineteenth century ( 339 ) . As a man unnoticed by history , Graydon is apologetic about publishing his mem- oirs , claiming that he does so only because it affords him " a kind of menstruum ... for the incongruous ...
... dead " early in the nineteenth century ( 339 ) . As a man unnoticed by history , Graydon is apologetic about publishing his mem- oirs , claiming that he does so only because it affords him " a kind of menstruum ... for the incongruous ...
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... dead at the very end of the Nar- rative : arriving in Bennington on May 31 , 1778 , “ I was to [ the Green Mountain Boys ] as one rose from the dead " ( 72 ) . Ethan Allen's metaphoric resurrection was ( locally ) into the arms of his ...
... dead at the very end of the Nar- rative : arriving in Bennington on May 31 , 1778 , “ I was to [ the Green Mountain Boys ] as one rose from the dead " ( 72 ) . Ethan Allen's metaphoric resurrection was ( locally ) into the arms of his ...
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