Thomas Paine: A Collection of Unknown Writings

Zusatztext 'Burgess provides the finely detailed explanations of the circumstances in which most of the pieces were published .... A Collection of Unknown Writings suggests that we need not perfectly understand an individual to understand or appreciate their writings.' - TLS Informationen zum Autor HAZEL BURGESS is an Australian researcher with undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Sydney, Australia. She has spent many years searching for the truth of the private individual behind the public face of the eighteenth-century radical pamphleteer, Thomas Paine. This collection of hitherto unknown and few little-known writings reveals glimpses of the man of whom history knows little. Klappentext A collection of writings by Thomas Paine previously unseen since their first appearance, including political pieces, private letters and verse. Covers his Common Sense years in the revolutionary American colonies; his time in Europe, when he published Rights of Man and The Age of Reason ; and his last years in the firmly united states of America. Zusammenfassung A collection of writings by Thomas Paine previously unseen since their first appearance! including political pieces! private letters and verse. Covers his Common Sense years in the revolutionary American colonies; his time in Europe! when he published Rights of Man and The Age of Reason ; and his last years in the firmly united states of America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; G.W.Trompf Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Thomas Paine: Revolutionary Wordsmith Unknown Writings by Thomas Paine

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Paine
• Con la collaborazione di: Burgess (Editore), H Burgess (Editore), H. Burgess (Editore), Hazel Burgess (Editore)
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.12.2009
• EAN: 9780230204836
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20483-6
• Pagine: 261
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; B, Literature, History, European History, Political History, Western Europe, History: specific events and topics, History of the Americas, World Politics, Political science and theory, Literature, general, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, United States—History, US History, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, America;Europe;revolution;USA