Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 2007 M09 4 - 432 páginas A fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine is the least well known of America's founding fathers. This edifying biography by Craig Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a London mechanic, through his emergence as the voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents, to his final days in the throes of dementia. By acquainting us as never before with this complex and combative genius, Nelson rescues a giant from obscurity-and gives us a fascinating work of history. |
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... writers who dominated a period and then slipped off. History is like some gigantic beast—it simply wriggles its back and throws off whatever is on it. —ARTHUR MILLER A Note Writers of the eighteenth century did not believe.
... writers who dominated a period and then slipped off. History is like some gigantic beast—it simply wriggles its back and throws off whatever is on it. —ARTHUR MILLER A Note Writers of the eighteenth century did not believe.
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... writer ( for before the sword , there is always the word ) , and not just any writer , but the most famous and popular author of the entire eighteenth century . During the final years of Thomas Paine's life William Cobbett had been one ...
... writer ( for before the sword , there is always the word ) , and not just any writer , but the most famous and popular author of the entire eighteenth century . During the final years of Thomas Paine's life William Cobbett had been one ...
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... writing would be safeguarded , and even- tually published . He interviewed as many friends and acquaintances as pos- sible in order to produce a definitive Paine biography , doing penance for having been the American publisher of ...
... writing would be safeguarded , and even- tually published . He interviewed as many friends and acquaintances as pos- sible in order to produce a definitive Paine biography , doing penance for having been the American publisher of ...
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... writing for vengeance , and a besotted acolyte overwhelmed by love for his subject . During the last years of Paine's life , he would have an all - too - common writer's dispute with New York newspaper editor James Cheetham , a dispute ...
... writing for vengeance , and a besotted acolyte overwhelmed by love for his subject . During the last years of Paine's life , he would have an all - too - common writer's dispute with New York newspaper editor James Cheetham , a dispute ...
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... writing to sur- vive history , an epitaph with a suitably Quaker admonition : Here lies the body of John Crow , Who once was high but now is low ; Ye brother Crows take warning all For as you rise , so must you fall . The Pains attended ...
... writing to sur- vive history , an epitaph with a suitably Quaker admonition : Here lies the body of John Crow , Who once was high but now is low ; Ye brother Crows take warning all For as you rise , so must you fall . The Pains attended ...
Contenido
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12 | |
Pragmatic Utopians | 51 |
Hell Is Not Easily Conquered | 101 |
The Silas Deane Affair | 126 |
The Missionary Bereft of His Mission | 146 |
Droits de lHomme ou Droits du Seigneur? | 181 |
The Sovereigns Among Us | 235 |
The Religion of Science | 260 |
The Perfidious Mr Morris | 273 |
Utopian Dissolves | 305 |
Provenance | 326 |
Notes | 341 |
Sources | 365 |
Index | 377 |
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |
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