Edmund burke and ireland: aesthetics, politics and the colonial sublime
Auteur :
Gibbons, Luke
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521100946
Date de publication :
5 févr. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
470 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study argues that Burke's influential early writings on aesthetics are intimately connected to his politics. Burke's preoccupation with violence, sympathy and pain allowed him to explore the dark side of the Enlightenment. This reassessment of a key cultural figure will appeal to Irish studies specialists, political theorists and Romanticists.