Research Catalog

Title

New directions in Thomas Paine studies / edited by Scott Cleary and Ivy Linton Stabell.

Publication

• Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Cleary, Scott
• Stabell, Ivy Linton
• International Conference of Thomas Paine Studies (1st : 2012 : Iona College)

Description

viii, 253 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• "This book propels the study of American revolutionary and radical Thomas Paine into the twenty-first century by engaging an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars in an exploration of Paine's role in politics, literature, and the invention of the global"--
• "This essay collection draws upon papers given at the First International Conference on Thomas Paine Studies, held at Iona College in 2012 to celebrate Iona's acquisition of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association Archive. A thoroughly interdisciplinary set of essays, they address two major topics: what new directions should Thomas Paine Studies take, given his deep influence on the Atlantic and global revolutions in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as his contemporary place as a political icon to diverse political groups? The dialogue initiated by the conference seemed to propose an answer, which is likewise a major topic of the collection: the engine of any new direction in Thomas Paine Studies will hinge on deconstructing the national barriers that have surrounded Paine Studies for decades. Paine Studies historically have been bound by national histories, language, and cultural interpretation, seeking to understand a part of Paine and Paine's ideals, but not how they fit into the longitudinal perspective of the first self-proclaimed global citizen. The dismantling of these national and academic silos is the essential and imperative new direction for Paine Studies this collection engages"--

Subjects

• Politics and literature > United States > History > 18th century > Congresses
• Political science > United States > History > 18th century > Congresses
• Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 > Influence > Congresses
• Revolutions > History > 18th century > Congresses
• Revolutions > History > 19th century > Congresses
• Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 > Political and social views > Congresses
• Political scientists > Study and teaching (Higher) > Congresses
• Revolutionaries > United States > Biography > Congresses
• Political scientists > United States > Biography > Congresses
• Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 > Age of reason > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The Historiographical and Cultural Impact of Thomas Paine : A Quantitative Approach / Raymond Irwin -- 2. Examining the Thomas Paine Corpus : Automated Computer Authorship Attribution Methodology Applied to Thomas Paine's Writings / Gary Berton, Smiljana Petrovic, Lubomir Ivanov, and Robert Schiaffino -- 3. "A Kind of Bee-Hive" : Thomas Paine and the Pennsylvania Magazine / Peter Chapin and Kara Nowakowski -- 4. Apostles of Freedom : Pro-French American Democrats and Thomas Paine as Religious Crusaders / Matthew Rainbow Hale -- 5. Paine's Rights Reconsidered / Gregory Claeys -- 6. Irreligion Made Easy : The Reaction to Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason / Patrick Hughes -- 7. Thomas Paine's Le Siecle de la Raison, ou Le Sens Commun Des Droits De L'Homme : Notes on a Curious Edition of The Age of Reason / David Hoffman and Claudia Carlos -- 8. Thomas Paine's Lessons in Republicanism (1802-1807) / Marc Belissa -- 9. Thomas Paine's Reflections on the Social Contract : a Consistent Theory? / Carine Lounissi -- 10. The Aim and Meaning of Constitutions According to Thomas Paine / Maurizio Griffo -- 11. Erasure of Public Memory : The Strange Case of Tom Paine in Washington, D.C. / Richard Robyn.

Call Number

JFD 16-1737

ISBN

• 9781137578181
• 1137578181
• 9781137589989 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781137589996 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015028212

OCLC

918877476

Title

New directions in Thomas Paine studies / edited by Scott Cleary and Ivy Linton Stabell.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Cleary, Scott, editor.

Stabell, Ivy Linton, editor.

International Conference of Thomas Paine Studies (1st : 2012 : Iona College)

Research Call Number

JFD 16-1737