Thomas Paine: An Interpretive Study Of The Treatment Of Paine By Biographers, Historians, And Critics

Author

Francina Kercheville Hail

Publication Date

5-3-1977

Abstract

The purpose of the thesis is to present a comprehensive annotated bibliography of the studies of Thomas Paine by American and British biographers and critics from the eighteenth century to the present. The individual treatments are analyzed as to their general comments and major emphases concerning the life, career, writings and influence of Thomas Paine. An effort is made to examine the tone, content and quality of each study. The author's objectives are noted, along with any pertinent or accentuated points of interest in interpretation. If in the process of investigating the enormous number of Paine treatments a significant pattern or trend in interpretation appears, this is discussed and analyzed in an attempt to achieve a fuller understanding of the man and his influence as elucidated by his many investigators.

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Degree Name

History

Department Name

History

First Committee Member (Chair)

William Miner Dabney

Second Committee Member

Ferenc Morton Szasz

Third Committee Member

Illegible

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Recommended Citation

Hail, Francina Kercheville. "Thomas Paine: An Interpretive Study Of The Treatment Of Paine By Biographers, Historians, And Critics." (1977). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/441