Franklin reexamined: a rejection of parliamentary manipulation

G. Jack Gravlee ^[1] ; James R. Irvine ^[1]
1. [1] Colorado State University
  
  Colorado State University
  
  Estados Unidos
Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 48, nº 2, 1982, págs. 167-181
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- As the rhetorical product of the first American expert witness invited to appear before the British House of Commons, Benjamin Franklin's 1766 testimony has been characterized by many writers as a contrived, “rigged,” theatrical production. This study challenges these misconceptions by dissecting internal elements of the published EXAMINA TION and suggests alternative interpretations.