The "Memo" Pages of Franklin's Autobiography: On the History of American and English Life Writing

José María Rodríguez García

doi:10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.199711298

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José María Rodríguez García Universidade da Coruña

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https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.199711298

Resumen

En 1783 Abel James y Benjamin Vaughan enviaron sendas cartas a Franklin pidiéndole que reanudara la escritura de su vida, que había comenzado en 1771. Además de proporcionar a Franklin una ocasión legítima para continuar su truncada auto-narración (se le pide que enseñe a otros estadounidenses cómo vivir sus vidas), las dos cartas consideran la escritura de la vida como una tecnología disciplinaria y una institución de construcción nacional. También comentan la competencia entre modos rivales de autofabricación y autorrepresentación que tenía lugar en aquella época a ambos lados del Atlántico, como se pone de manifiesto en los escritos de Edwmds, Jefferson, Fielding y Boswell, entre otros.

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