Evidence: | '[Benjamin] Franklin repudiated local tradition in favor of the new prose style he encountered in stray copies of the "Spectator" and "Tatler".' |
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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 Tatler |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4427 | |
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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=4427, accessed: 29 April 2024 |
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