Death Effects: Revisiting the Conceit of Franklin's Memoir
- Author / Editor
- Kennedy, Jennifer T.
Death Effects: Revisiting the Conceit of Franklin's Memoir
- Published
- Early American Literature 36.2 : 201-34, 2001.
- Description
- Kennedy analyzes Benjamin Franklin's self-presentation in his Memoir, commenting on his validation of his surname by reference to Chaucer's GP sketch of the Franklin and other early sources.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale.
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.