Benjamin Franklin's vision of American community
Subtitle: a study in rhetorical iconology
By: Lester C. Olson.
Series: Studies in rhetoric/communication
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Symbolism.; Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Art, American -- 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-303) and index.
Table of contents: title: Franklin's emblems and devices : an orientation and conceptual approach; title: Franklin's earliest commentary envisioning colony union; title: Join, or Die, 1754; title: Magna Britannia : her colonies Reduc'd, 1765-1766; title: We Are One, 1776; title: Libertas Americana, 1782-1783; title: Interludes and transformations : Franklin's verbal images representing Bristian America; title: National character and the Great Seal of the United States.