Thomas Paine and the Literature of Revolution
ISBN: 9780521153577 | 0521153573
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 6/10/2010
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Thomas Paine was a skilled and sophisticated writer and thinker who transformed political literature in the late eighteenth century by creating a new literature of politics that bridged political philosophy and the everyday, common-sensical knowledge of ordinary people.
Thomas Paine has been celebrated for his role in persuading the American colonists to revolt against Britain and declare their independence. At the same time, however, scholars have generally dismissed his writings as propaganda. This book demonstra... MORE
Thomas Paine has been celebrated for his role in persuading the American colonists to revolt against Britain and declare their independence. At the same time, however, scholars have generally dismissed his writings as propaganda. This book demonstra... MORE
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Inventing an American public: the Pennsylvania Magazine and revolutionary American political discourse | |
| 'Could the Wolf Bleat Like the Lamb': Paine's critique of the early American public sphere | |
| Writing revolutionary history | |
| The science of revolution: technological metaphors and scientific methodology in Rights of Man and The Age of Reason | |
| 'Strong ... MORE | |
| Epilogue: Paine and nineteenth-century American literary history | |
| Works cited | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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