Bloom's Classic Critical Views - Benjamin Franklin (2008) (265p) [Inua].pdf

Title: Benjamin Franklin (Bloom's Classic Critical Views)
Editor: Harold Bloom
Series: Bloom's Classic Critical Views
Library Binding: 250 pages
Publisher: Chelsea House Pub (T) (July 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1604131357
ISBN-13: 978-1604131352

Description:
Benjamin Franklin was one of the most dynamic figures in early American history, publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac" as well as several other works. When not writing or editing, Franklin conducted scientific experiments, established many local and national institutions, and led diplomatic missions. This new volume in the "Bloom's Classic Critical Views" series features compelling essays from the 19th and 20th centuries that give students historical insights into one of our country's Founding Fathers.

Biography
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than thirty books include The Best Poems of the English Language, The Art of Reading Poetry, and The Book of J. He is a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the International Prize of Catalonia, and the Alfonso Reyes Prize of Mexico.