Thomas Paine : A Collection of Unknown Writings - Hazel Burgess

Thomas Paine

A Collection of Unknown Writings

By: Hazel Burgess (Editor)

Paperback | 15 January 2010 | Edition Number 1

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This collection offers a glimpse of Thomas Paine, the eighteenth-century radical pamphleteer, as has not been seen, either publicly or privately, in over 200 years. Introduced by a unique biography, those readers familiar with his writings may be surprised at the topics, personal thoughts, and romantic themes to which he applied his ever-to-hand, rarely dry, goose quill pen. From personal correspondence and poetry, to one piece revealing his true thoughts on the monarchical system of Britain, and a book-length inflammatory pamphlet, Paine is shown to be an even more enigmatic figure than previously known.
Two recently discovered portraits of Paine, one of a proudly-confident, middle aged man of Philadelphia and the other an elegantly-dressed, older, gentleman of Paris, add mystery to this book, a mystery yet to be solved. Hazel Burgess's additions to the Paine corpus are indispensable reading to those interested in eighteenth-century transatlantic history.
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'Burgess provides the finely detailed explanations of the circumstances in which most of the pieces were published .... A Collection of Unknown Writings suggests that we need not perfectly understand an individual to understand or appreciate their writings.'

- TLS

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