Tomas Pejn i časopis Pensilvanija. Rani revolucionarni spisi
THOMAS PAINE AND THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE. EARLY REVOLUTIONARY WRITINGS
Sažetak: Tomas Pejn i časopis Pensilvanija. „Rani revolucionarni spisi“ je rad koji prati ulazak Tomasa Pejna, američkog revolucionara i pamfletiste, na političku scenu američkih kolonija i dalje istražuje početak njegovog delovanja kroz rad u časopisu Pensilvanija. Iako prvobitno zamišljen kao skup filozofskih spisa, časopis Pensilvanija je ubrzo postao rasprava o političkoj situaciji na američkom kontinentu i uti cavši na obrazovanje kolonijalnih Amerikanaca doveo do Rata za nezavisnost. Pejnovi prvi revolucionarni spisi navode nas na istraživanje korena njegovih re volucionarnih stavova i vraćaju nas u period njegove mladosti, kada je kao siromašni imigrant došao u Ameriku 1774. godine, a ipak samo godinu dana od dolaska na američko tlo, usavršivši svoje političke i retoričke sposobnosti upravo kroz rad u ovom časopisu, postao veoma uticajan politički agitator i pisac pamfleta koji su u velikoj meri uticali na rast svesti o nezavisnosti kod stanovnika američkih kolonija.
Abstract: Thomas Paine and the Pensilvania Magazine. Early Revolutionary Writings is a study that follows the arrival of Thomas Paine, an American revolutionary and pamphleteer, to the political scene of American colonies and it further explores the beginning of his acting through his work in the Pennsylvania magazine. Although it was originally conceived as a set of philosophical writings, the Pennsylvania magazine became quickly a discussion about the political situation on the American continent and had a big impact on the education of colonial Americans, which led to the War of Independence. Paine’s first revolutionary writings lead us to explore the roots of his revolutionary attitudes and bring us back to the period of his youth when he, as a poor immigrant, came to America in 1774, and only one year later, improved his political and rhetorical skills, just by working in this magazine, became a very influential political agitator and pamphleteer who greatly influenced the growth of the independence awareness of American colonies inhabitants.
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Ključne reči: Pensilvanija, pamflet, američke kolonije, nezavisnost
Keywords: Pennsylvania, pamphlet, American colonies, independence