The "Memo" Pages of Franklin's Autobiography: On the History of American and English Life Writing
In 1783 Abel James and Benjamin Vaughan sent each a letter to Franklin asking him to resume the writing of his life, which he had begun in 1771. In addition to providing Franklin with a legitimate occasion lo continue his truncated self-narration (he is asked to teach other Americans how to live th...
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In 1783 Abel James and Benjamin Vaughan sent each a letter to Franklin asking him to resume the writing of his life, which he had begun in 1771. In addition to providing Franklin with a legitimate occasion lo continue his truncated self-narration (he is asked to teach other Americans how to live their lives) the two letters consider life writing as a disciplinary technology and a nation-building institution. They also comment upon the competition among rival modes of self-making and self-representation taking place at the time on both sides of the Atlantic, as evinced in the writings of Edwmds, Jefferson, Fielding, and Boswell, among others.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ecb2d3175cf435ca79b0d69ddff06d72025-08-20T02:49:16ZengUniversidad de ZaragozaMiscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies1137-63682386-48341997-12-011810.26754/ojs_misc/mj.199711298The "Memo" Pages of Franklin's Autobiography: On the History of American and English Life WritingJosé María Rodríguez García0Universidade da Coruña In 1783 Abel James and Benjamin Vaughan sent each a letter to Franklin asking him to resume the writing of his life, which he had begun in 1771. In addition to providing Franklin with a legitimate occasion lo continue his truncated self-narration (he is asked to teach other Americans how to live their lives) the two letters consider life writing as a disciplinary technology and a nation-building institution. They also comment upon the competition among rival modes of self-making and self-representation taking place at the time on both sides of the Atlantic, as evinced in the writings of Edwmds, Jefferson, Fielding, and Boswell, among others. https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/11298 |
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