Benjamin Franklin : a collection of critical essays / edited by Brian M. Barbour. - New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1979 - viii, 176 pages ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Franklin's character -- The spirit of capitalism -- Franklin and the divided heritage and puritanism -- Franklin and emerson -- The printer as a man of letters -- Benjamin Franklin: The making of an american character -- Benjamin Franklin -- The autobiography of benjamin franklin -- Franklin and spiritual autobiography -- Franklin and the shaping of american ideology.

This outlook, presented in the Autobiography and in a handful of congruent essays.

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