Description
| Product ID: | 9780415453264 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful |
| Authors: | Author: Edmund Burke |
| Page Count: | 328 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, History of art, Literary theory, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Philosophy: aesthetics, History of art / art & design styles, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Philosophy: aesthetics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A work of aesthetics. This book focuses on the quality which is distinguished as 'the sublime' - an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as rapture in all who beheld it. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-02-01 |
