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Autobiography and Other Writings

Name: Autobiography and Other Writings
Author: Benjamin Franklin, Kenneth Silverman
ISBN: 9780140390520

by Benjamin Franklin, Kenneth Silverman

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Overview

This new edition of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is built around J. A. Leo Lemay and P. M. Zall's definitive text. Louis P. Masur's introduction sets the work in its historical context. Masur also discusses America after Franklin and why the Autobiography has had such a tremendous impact on nineteenth and twentieth century society and culture. He prompts students to think critically about the text by raising fundamental issues, such as the inherent distortion that occurs in autobiography. Also included in this edition are six portraits of Franklin, questions for consideration, annotations to the text, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.