Bibliograph

Common sense, Thomas Paine ; edited with an introduction by Isaac Kramnick

Type

Label

Common sense, Thomas Paine ; edited with an introduction by Isaac Kramnick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 60)

Illustrations

facsimiles

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Common sense

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

9221625

Responsibility statement

Thomas Paine ; edited with an introduction by Isaac Kramnick

Series statement

Penguin American library

Summary

Published anonymously in 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence, Paine's Common Sense became an immediate best-seller, with fifty-six editions printed in that year alone. It was this pamphlet, more than any other factor, which helped to spark off the movement that established the independence of the United States. From his experience of revolutionary politics, Paine drew those principles of fundamental human rights which, he felt, must stand no matter what excesses are committed to obtain them, and which he later formulated in his Rights of Man

Classification

Contributor