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A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful

Burke, Edmund·2009·Routledge eBooks
DOI 10.4324/9780203868690
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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 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.

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Authors
Burke, E.
Corresponding author
Burke, Edmund
ORCID
Burke, Edmund
Venue
Routledge eBooks
Publisher
Routledge
Published
2009-06-02
DOI
10.4324/9780203868690
OpenAlex
W1670290730
Cited by
256
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0
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10.19
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book
Language
en
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closed
Locations
Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art, Aesthetics, and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Historical Thought
Keywords
Edmund Burke, sublime, beauty, aesthetics, philosophy of art, Immanuel Kant, Denis Diderot, eighteenth-century aesthetics

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