Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
Contents:
Inventing an American public : the Pennsylvania Magazine and revolutionary American political discourse -- "Could the wolf bleat like the lamb" : Paine's critique of the early American public sphere -- Writing revolutionary history -- The science of revolution : technological metaphors and scientific methodology in Rights of man and the Age of reason -- "Strong friends and violent enemies" : the historical construction of Thomas Paine through the nineteenth century -- Paine and nineteenth century American literary history.
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