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From: Crockett: A Bio-Bibliography[The diversity of Hauck's study makes it unique in Crockett criticism. The first section contains a factual account of Crockett's life as well as the following discussion of the Narrative as a "valuable work of comic...
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From: Book LinksPreschool-Gr. 6--In simple, straightforward, and informative text, Adler introduces young children to the life and accomplishments of the famous inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin [in A Picture Book of Benjamin...
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From: The New Republic[Cowley has made several valuable contributions to contemporary letters with his editions of important American authors (Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald), his...
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From: Early American Literature[(essay date 2000) In the following essay, Baker contends that Franklin strives to be exemplary in his self-portrayal, representing in himself the promise and possibility of America. In particular, Baker considers how...
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From: Benjamin Franklin[(essay date 2002) In the following excerpt, Morgan describes Franklin as vigorous, charming, and enthusiastic, emphasizing his drive to experiment and explore rather than his moral aphorisms. Morgan's portrayal suggests...
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From: The Markham Review[(essay date 1978) In the following essay, Littlefield justifies the popularity of Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" in light of critical derision and compares the poem to Benjamin Franklin's "The Way to Wealth."] Since...
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From: English Literatures in International Contexts[(essay date 2000) In the following essay, originally presented at a conference in 1999, Bradbury identifies Atala as “the first true American novel” and provides a historical background for the French interest in...
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From: Arizona Quarterly[(essay date 1963) In the following essay, Falk surveys critical responses to Alger’s career, from his popularity as an author of juvenile novels to his emergence as an American cultural institution during the 1940s. In...
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From: Understanding Arthur Miller[(essay date 1996) In the following essay, Griffin summarizes the play, discusses its major themes, examines Miller’s thoughts on his creation, and cites the remarks of critics, including Gerald Weales, Harold Bloom, and...
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From: Horn Book Magazine[A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin, a]n addition to Adler's previous books on well-known Americans, is equally attractive in its informative text and in the cheerful, lively illustrations. Franklin's ups and downs in...
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From: Garrison Keillor: A Critical Companion[(essay date 2000) In the following essay, Songer traces the legacy and tradition of populist humor found in Keillor's works.] Garrison Keillor is known as a humorist, someone who specializes in humor. "Humor,"...
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From: The New York Times Book Review[An American historian and educator, Commager is the author of several popular historical works which, according to Lawrence Wells Cobb, have allowed "scholars and lay readers both to `get at' the sources of the American...
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From: Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters[In the following essay, Clark presents Paine as a literary “craftsman” who abided by a set of guidelines for effective writing, including clarity, boldness, wit, and appeal to feeling. Clark also suggests that Paine's...
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From: Nation[(review date 11 June 2001) In the following review, Romano offers high praise for Menand's The Metaphysical Club, calling it "a masterpiece of graceful interpretation."] American intellectuals love the higher gossip...
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From: Early American Literature[(essay date 2005) In the following essay, Lupton compares Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy and Franklin's The Way to Wealth as texts that present fictional characters commenting on previously published texts by the...
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From: Centennial Review[(essay date Summer 1972) In the following essay, Miller uses the autobiographies of Malcolm X, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Adams to illustrate the patterns in and the course of American autobiographies, which, he...
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From: Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies[(essay date 1996) In the following essay, Warner argues that in Franklin Evans Whitman anticipates his later writings on the glorification of sexuality; Warner also discusses the role played by Temperance literature in...
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From: The Construction and Contestation of American Cultures and Identities in the Early National Period[(essay date 1999) In the following essay, Müller discusses the ways in which Benjamin Franklin fashioned himself as a progressive, model American and how Irving, in the succeeding generation, sought to create a...
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From: Early American Literature[(essay date 2001) In the following essay, Kennedy examines how Franklin uses his Autobiography to imagine himself posthumously. Kennedy traces the themes of death and forgetting in the text and suggests that Franklin...
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From: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations[Adams is best known as the second president of the United States. Also an author and political thinker, he is remembered for his writings on the nature of government and for his voluminous correspondence with the great...