Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

The Federalist Papers | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Allen, W. B., and Gordon Lloyd. “Interpretive Essay.” In The Essential Antifederalist, pp. viii-xiv. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985.

Examines the importance of Anti-Federalist thought to American government, particularly the Bill of Rights.

Draper, Theodore. “Hume and Madison: The Secrets of Federalist Paper No. 10.” Encounter 58, no. 2 (Fall 1982): 34-47.

Explores the theory that Madison's ideas for the “extended republic” were influenced by Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume.

Niegorski, Walter. “The Anti-Federalists: Collected and Interpreted.” The Review of Politics 46, no. 1 (January 1984): 113-25.

Reviews scholarship on the Anti-Federalists.

Quinn, Frederick. Introduction to The Federalist Papers Reader, pp. 3-33. Washington D.C.: Seven Locks Press, 1993.

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