Declarations of independency in eighteenth-century American autobiography
By: Susan Clair Imbarrato.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Autobiography.; American prose literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.; Literary form -- History -- 18th century.; Biography as a literary form.; Self in literature.
Other titles: Declarations of independency in 18th-century American autobiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-166) and index.
Table of contents: title: From self-examination to autobiography; title: Declaring the self in the spiritual sphere : Elizabeth Ashbridge and Jonathan Edwards; title: Declaring the self in the social sphere : Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth House Trist; title: Declaring the self in the political sphere : Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.