Thomas Paine and the literature of revolution /

Larkin, Edward, 1968-

Thomas Paine and the literature of revolution / Edward Larkin. - New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (x, 205 pages)

Includes bibliographical references pages (195-201) and index.

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 friends and violent enemies" : the historical construction of Thomas Paine through the nineteenth century -- Paine and nineteenth century American literary history.

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.


English.

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Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 --Influence.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.


1700-1799


Political scientists--United States.
Revolutionaries--United States.
Political science--History--United States--18th century.
Politologues--États-Unis.
Révolutionnaires--États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Conservatism & Liberalism.
Politics and government
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political science.
Political scientists.
Revolutionaries.


United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1775-1783.
United States.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

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