Thomas Paine and the French Revolution /
This book explores Thomas Paine's French decade, from the publication of the first part of 'Rights of Man' in the spring of 1791 to his return trip to the United States in the fall of 1802. It examines Paine's multifarious activities during this period as a thinker, writer, membe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan imprint published by Springer International Publishing AG,
[2018]
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| Summary: | This book explores Thomas Paine's French decade, from the publication of the first part of 'Rights of Man' in the spring of 1791 to his return trip to the United States in the fall of 1802. It examines Paine's multifarious activities during this period as a thinker, writer, member of the French Convention, lobbyist, adviser to French governments, officious diplomat and propagandist. Using previously neglected sources and archival material, Carine Lounissi demonstrates both how his republicanism was challenged, bolstered and altered by this French experience, and how his positions at key moments of the history of the French experiment forced major participants in the Revolution to defend or question the kind of regime or of republic they wished to set up. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 321 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783319752884 331975288X |