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ERIC Number: EJ406685
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Benjamin Franklin's Commemorative Medal "Libertas Americana": A Study in Rhetorical Iconology.
Olson, Lester C.
Quarterly Journal of Speech, v76 n1 p23-45 Feb 1990
Investigates the underlying rhetorical functions of how Benjamin Franklin used the medal to praise the national characters of France and the United States in those two countries, while he also used it to influence government policy in Malta and to vindicate himself from criticism in England. (KEH)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, International Relations, Rhetorical Criticism, Symbolism, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France; United Kingdom (England)
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