ABSTRACT
Thomas Paine is a unique political thinker who has continued to attract scholarly and popular attention from the time he wrote about both the American and French Revolutions at the end of the eighteenth century. This collection brings together the most recent essays debating the meaning and relevance of Paine's works. It includes an historiographical survey of scholarship about Paine and articles by the leading authorities in the field. The essays survey his life, analyze his ideas, place them in their social and intellectual context, and appraise their significance today.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|38 pages
Survey of the Literature
chapter 2|8 pages
The Lifelong Education of Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
part II|145 pages
Tom Paine and the History of Political Ideas
part III|84 pages
Paine and Republican Ideology
part IV|92 pages
Paine and the Social History of Ideas
part V|99 pages
Literary Analyses of Paine’s Writings
part VI|31 pages
Paine in Radical History