Our collection of articles, records and reviews about Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man.
Paine’s rhetorical question brings sharply into focus the difficulty posed by this kind of writing for the literary critic. By normal standards his writing must be rated low, and yet what has been said here should confirm his mastery of techniques appropriate to the occasion.
The principal event held to date to commemorate the 175th Anniversary of the publication of Rights of Man has been the exhibition organised jointly by the Nottingham Co-operative Society, Private Libraries Association and the Thomas Paine Society at the Co-operative Arts Centre, Nottingham.
The Author’s Notes FOR PART ONE AND PART TWO In the situation England now is, it is impossible she can increase in money. High taxes not only lessen the property of the individuals, but they lessen also the money capital of the nation, by inducing smuggling, which can only be carried on by gold and
See Rights of Man Part I here. Combining Principle And Practice To M. de la Fayette After an acquaintance of nearly fifteen years in difficult situations in America, and various consultations in Europe, I feel a pleasure in presenting to you this small treatise, in gratitude for your services to my beloved America, and as
As the publication of this work has been delayed beyond the time intended, I think it not improper, all circumstances considered, to state the causes that have occasioned delay. The reader will probably observe, that some parts in the plan contained in this work for reducing the taxes, and certain parts in Mr. Pitt’s speech
See Rights of Man Part II here. From the six-pence edition 1792 Being An Answer To Mr. Burke’s Attack On The French Revolution. To George Washington, President of the United States of America. SIR, I present you a small Treatise in defence of those Principles of Freedom which your exemplary Virtue hath so eminently contributed
