A Sweet Instruction: Franklin's Journalism as a Literary Apprenticeship

by James A. Sappenfield and Associate Professor James A. Sappenfield Ph.D.

This unique study of the phenomenon in American culture that is Benjamin Frank­lin examines Franklin's writings against the milieu of colonial American journal­ism, presents a detailed literary analysis of Franklin's writings, and opens up more than merely new understanding of Frank­lin's rhetorical art. At every point in Franklin's literary career, Sappenfield ably demonstrates, there is a sense of greater complexity in the man than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809306107
• ISBN13: 9780809306107
• Release Date: October 1973
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"