The Thomas Paine Reader
by Paine, Thomas; Foot, Michael; Kramnick, IsaacEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1987-12-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of his age. It contains all of Paine's major works including The Rights of Man, his groundbreaking defence of the revolutionary cause in France, Common Sense, which won thousands over to the side of the American rebels, and the first part of The Age of Reason (Part One), a ferocious attack on Christianity. The shorter pieces - on capital punishment, social reform and the abolition of slavery - also confirm the great versatility and power of this master of democratic prose.
Author Biography
Thomas Paine (1737-1802) was born at Thetford, Norfolk in England, as a son of a Quaker. He immigrated to America in 1774. There he published works criticising the slavery and supporting American independence. He became very popular but returned to England where he became involved in the French Revolution. After that he returned to America, where he died.
Isaac Kramnick is a professor of Government at Cornell University and has edited of The Federalist Papers and The Thomas Paine Reader.
Isaac Kramnick is a professor of Government at Cornell University and has edited of The Federalist Papers and The Thomas Paine Reader.
Table of Contents
| Editors' Introduction: The Life, Ideology and Legacy of Thomas Paine | 7 | (32) | |||
| PAINE'S WRITINGS | |||||
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471 | (19) | |||
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490 | (13) | |||
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503 | (15) | |||
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518 | (7) | |||
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