A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful: with an Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste: A New Edition [cover title: Burke on the Sublime]
Dec 2013 · Gegensatz Press
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This new edition: Adds descriptive titles to each of Burke's five parts. Corrects Burke's inaccurate quotations. Translates Burke's foreign language quotations. Adds accurate citations for all references. Provides a bibliography of scholarly work on Burke's philosophy of art since 1995. Lists English editions of Burke's essay on the sublime from 1757 to 2008. Includes a 6350-word historical/philosophical introduction. Incorporates Burke's footnotes and glosses into the text. Modernizes and Americanizes spelling and punctuation. Adds editorial material in [square brackets]. Aims to provide an inexpensive, reliable, and textually rigorous digital version of this seminal text in the philosophy of art, Burke's essay on the sublime, which heretofore has been unavailable as an e-book.
About the author
Born in Ireland in 1729, Edmund Burke was an English statesman, author, and orator who is best remembered as a formidable advocate for those who were victims of injustice. He was the son of a Dublin lawyer and had also trained to practice law. In the 1760s, Burke was elected to the House of Commons from the Whig party. Burke spent most of his career in Parliament as a member of the Royal Opposition, who was not afraid of controversy, as shown by his support for the American Revolution and for Irish/Catholic rights. His best-known work is Reflections on the French Revolution (1790). Some other notable works are On Conciliation with the American Colonies (1775) and Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788). Edmund Burke died in 1797.
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