Benjamin Franklin in Memory and Popular Culture

Andrew M. Schocket

doi:10.1002/9781444342154.ch24

Benjamin Franklin in Memory and Popular Culture

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Companion to Benjamin Franklin
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	479-498
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781405199964
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444342154.ch24
State	Published - Feb 13 2012

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General Arts and Humanities

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Americans calling him the "founding fathers," for his versatility, social mobility
Benjamin Franklin's role in American memory and popular culture
Franklin's death, swift and deep, in the eyes of his beloved Philadelphia
Franklin's interest in founding the APS
Franklin's late-in-life opposition to slavery, putting him in a favorable light
Franklin's memoir, shifting perceptions of him, in harmony with the early republic
Franklin's personae, remembered differently by commoners, and the elite
Franklin's revolutionary role, more of a description rather than defining him wholly
Franklin, as one, least often remembered as a remote, lifeless statue
Franklin, remaining an icon implanted in national consciousness

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