328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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Edited with an introduction and notes by James T. Boulton.
'One of the greatest essays ever written on art.'– The Guardian
Edmund Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful is one of the most important works of aesthetics ever published. Whilst many writers have taken up their pen to write of "the beautiful", Burke’s subject here was the... Read more
Editor’s Preface, Acknowledgments, Editor’s Introduction, I Composition and Publication, II On Taste, III The Sublime and Beautiful, IV Influence of the Enquiry, Note on the Text, Burke’s Enquiry, Preface to the First Edition, Preface to the Second Edition, Contents, Text, Appendix: A List of Editions of the Enquiry, Published During Burke’s Lifetime, Index
Biography
Edmund Burke (1729-1797). A politician, philosopher and orator, Burke lived during a turbulent time in world history which saw revolutions in France (which appalled him) and America (which he welcomed). His most famous work is Reflections on the Revolution in France.
