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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN`S AUTOBIOGRAPHY - A CRITICAL ...

Written during the most eventful years of Benjamin Franklin's life (1771–90)  the Autobiography
is one of the most influential memoirs in history. This newly edited Norton Critical Edition
includes an introduction that explains the history of the Autobiography within the larger
history of the life-writing genre as well as within the history of celebrity. The text is
accompanied by new and expanded explanatory annotations and by a map  an illustration  and six
facsimiles. Contexts” presents a broader view of Franklin’s life with a journal entry from a
1726 voyage  correspondence  a Poor Richard piece on ambition and fame  Franklin’s views on
self-improvement  and his last will (and codicil). Criticism” draws on a wealth of material
that reflects both the wide range of Franklin’s achievements and the global impact of his life
and memoirs. New international voices in Contemporary Opinions” include Immanuel Kant  Honoré
Gabriel Riqueti  Comte de Mirabeau  José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez  and José Francisco
Correia da Serra. Nineteenth-Century Opinions” includes Humphry Davy on Franklin’s discovery of
electricity as well as Empress Shoken of Japan’s Franklin-inspired poem. Finally  Modern
Opinions” reprints important pieces: I. B. Cohen on Franklin and the Autobiography's importance
to science  Michael Warner’s theoretical interpretation of the practices of writing and
printing and what they tell us about Franklin  and Peter Stallybrass’s insightful and engaging
history-of-the-book perspective on Franklin’s writing generally and the Autobiography
specifically. A Chronology of Franklin’s life  a Selected Bibliography  and an Index are also
included.

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