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This half-semester course will allow us to delve deeply into the writings of one of the most significant and yet most elusive figures of American literary history. Printer, essayist, revolutionary, statesman, autobiographer, and inventor, Franklin had a hand in most of the important innovations of the eighteenth century. In addition to being a polymath, however, Franklin is 'many' in the sense of appearing in a wide variety of guises. Reading selections from his first entry into print in 1722--as a woman named "Silence Dogood"--to his searing satire against slavery in 1790, we'll see Franklin take on an extraordinary number of different roles: the homely provincial, the 'Old England man,' and the Parisian belletrist.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: .5 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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