Figuring Benjamin Franklin in American Cultural Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9309593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carla Mulford (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 415-415 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The New England Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4866 • E-ISSN: 1937-2213 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/366890 |
| OpenAlex | W2316530625 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Franklins electrical Rod smote the earth, and out sprung General Washington. That Franklin electrised him with his rodand thenceforward these two conducted all the policy, negotiation, legislation, and War. These underscored lines contain the whole fable, plot and catastrophy. If this letter should be preserved, and read an hundred years hence the reader will say The envy of that JA could not bear to think of the truth. -John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 4 April 1790
Art · Art history · Cultural memory · Environmental ethics · Figuring · Optics · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Natural History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2019 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |