Author name: Alfred Owen Aldridge

Alfred Owen Aldridge (December 16, 1915 – January 29, 2005) was a professor of French and comparative literature, founder-editor of the journal Comparative Literature Studies, and author of books on a wide range of literature studies.

Portrait of Gouverneur Morris by American painter Alonzo Chappel (circa 1860s) - link

Thomas Paine And Comus

Alfred Owen Aldridge / January 1, 1967

IN the midst of the controversy over Silas Deane’s negotiations with the French government, the most sensational political scandal of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine brought forth several satirical pieces in verse and prose under a new pseudonym, Comus.

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