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Benjamin Franklin
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: The Spectator
'[Benjamin] Franklin repudiated local tradition in favour of the new prose style he encountered in stray copies of the "Spectator" and "Tatler". His narrative of how he modeled his prose style directly upon theirs bespeaks the powerful appeal of cosmopolitan standards to the aspiring provincial ...'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Franklin Print: Serial / periodical
: The Tatler
'[Benjamin] Franklin repudiated local tradition in favor of the new prose style he encountered in stray copies of the "Spectator" and "Tatler".'
