Wilson traces four major themes in the thought of Paine and Cobbett: the relationship between British radical ideas and American revolutionary ideology; the eighteenth-century revolution in rhetorical theory; the effect of the American and French Revolutions on British popular r…
This collection of essays by Bernard Vincent covers most aspects of Thomas Paine's life, thought, and works. It highlights Paine's contribution to the American and French Revolutions, as well as the active role he played in the intellectual debates of the Age of Enlightenment, i…
"Since the death of political theorist Leo Strauss in 1973, American interpreters have heatedly debated his intellectual legacy. Daniel Tanguay, a French-Canadian scholar who was trained in France, recovers Strauss from the atmosphere of partisan debate that has dominated Americ…
