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A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful : and other pre-revolutionary writings

Author: Edmund Burke; David Womersley
Publisher: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1998.
Series: Penguin classics.
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Intends to propound the author's theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as wholly separate states - the first, an experience inspired by fear and awe, the second an expression  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Early works
Early works to 1800
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Edmund Burke; David Womersley
ISBN: 0140436251 9780140436259
OCLC Number: 42200592
Description: xliv, 472 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: A vindication of natural society (1756: second edition, 1757) --
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful (1757: second edition, 1759) --
Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents (1770: third edition, 1770) --
Speech on American taxation (1774: third edition, 1775) --
Speech on conciliation with the Colonies (1775: third edition, 1775) --
Letter to the sheriffs of Bristol on the affairs of America (1777: third edition, 1777).
Series Title: Penguin classics.
Other Titles: Philosophical enquiry into the sublime and beautiful
Responsibility: Edmund Burke ; edited by David Womersley.
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