Republican charisma and the American revolution: The textual persona of Thomas Paine's common sense

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Michael Hogan, J ^a   Williams, Glen ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charisma; Paine; Republican; Revolution; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042185723     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335630009384276     Document Type: Article

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