My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together: Thomas Paine and the American Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780415996457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 200 str.

Vickers Vikki

Opis

The first true intellectual biography of Thomas Paine, this book establishes the origins of his beliefs and their influence on his activism. For the past century, scholars have been studying Paine in piecemeal fashion; studies of limited scope focused on the minutiae of Paine's life and career, but no clear portrait had existed to know how the pieces fitted together. This is the complete picture. Who he was, what he believed, why he believed, and how his beliefs and personal history are reflected in his political activism - not just in the American Revolution, but also the French Revolution.

Spis treści

Introduction, Vikki J. Vickers; Chapter 1 The Pennsylvania Magazine, Vikki J. Vickers; Chapter 2 The Devil's Advocate: Thomas Paine and the Making of Common Sense, Vikki J. Vickers; Chapter 3 Why Thomas Paine?, Vikki J. Vickers; Chapter 4 The Origins and Significance of Paine's Religious Beliefs, Vikki J. Vickers; Chapter 5 “One God and No More”: The Strange Mission of Thomas Paine, Vikki J. Vickers; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Vikki J. Vickers Common Sense: An Historiographical Essay, Vikki J. Vickers;

O autorze

Vikki J. Vickers is Assistant Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She is the author of The American Revolution: America's First War (2006).