| Evidence: | '[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 ...' |
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| Reader: | Benjamin Franklin |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 17 Jan 1706 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Scientist; politician; writer; printer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Massachusetts |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Spectator |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4426 | |
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| Author: | David D. Hall | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book | |
| Place of Publication: | Amherst | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 28 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (Amherst, 1996), p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4426, accessed: 30 April 2024 | |
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