Thomas Paine and the French Revolution

By Carine Lounissi

Book Overview

1. Introduction.- Part One: The Revolution of 1789 in Rights of Man: republican or democratic revolution?.- 2. Debating the legitimacy of the French Revolution.- 3. Narrating the French Revolution.- Part Two: Paine and the creation of the French republic (May 1791 - December 1793).- 4. Varennes and Le R?publicain.- 5. From the post-Varennes crisis to the proclamation of the French republic.- 6. Louis XVI's trial: representation vs. sovereignty.- 7. The Constitution of 1793.- 8. Paine's first "Girondin" moment?.- Part Three: Paine, critic or propagandist of the French Republic? (January 1794-September 1802).- 9. Paine in Thermidor (November 1794-August 1795).- 10. Paine in the Republic of the Year III (September 1795 - November 1799).- 11. Bonaparte's France and the end of the Revolution.- 12. Conclusion.- Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331975288X
• ISBN13: 9783319752884
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"