A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful: With An Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste And Several Other Additions (Routledge Classics)

By: Edmund Burke

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Synopsis: 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 quality he uniquely distinguished as "the sublime"—an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as rapture in all who beheld it. It was an analysis that would go on to inspire some of the leading thinkers of the age, including Immanuel Kant and Denis Diderot. The Routledge Classics edition presents the authoritative text of the first critical edition of Burke’s essay ever published, including a substantial critical and historical commentary. Edmund Burke (1729–1797). A politician, philosopher and orator, Burke lived during a turbulent time in world history, which saw revolutions in America and France that inspired his most famous work, Reflections on the Revolution in France.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 198 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781135246204
Related ISBNs:: 9781138133976, 9780203868690, 9780415453264
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/08/21
Copyrighted By:: James T. Boulton
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Romance, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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