Edmund Burke, Volume I: 1730-1784
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199226636 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 616 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Balanced and thorough, biography as it should be Frank Lynch Of the various styles of biographies I've read, I think I prefer what Lock has achieved here. It's definitely not the kind of page-turner which Robert Caro delivers, nor is it heavily weighed down with details such as De La Grange has given us with Gustav Mahler. Instead, Lock gives us intelligently written background surrounding the issues and people as they arise; judicious use of Burke's letters (and letters to him) as well as his writings; and details that help bring the era to life. He also brings the themes together, which means the telling is not a simple chronology. Lock gives us all sides of Burke, too: not just the pol. A Great Book on A Great Man This will become the standard biography of Burke - but this book is not just for scholars: anyone with an interest in 18th century politics and culture will benefit from reading this work. The narrative is well written, with much detail and necessary (but not too basic) background detail; overall it keeps the reader's interest. Burke's own works are analysed thoroughly, within the framework of his life.
Lock is a Professor of English at Queen's University, Kingston. . F.P
"Professor Lock gives us the first volume of what promises to be an important biography."(Derek Jarrett, LRB )"Meticulous and massive biography. Clark, English Historical Review. Helped by the bedrock of collected scholarly editions of Burke's letters, writings and speeches, he can raise this splendid monument. Lock has produced the first volume of what will undoubtedly be the standard modern biography."--J.C.D. Refreshingly free of jargon and interpretative whimsies--he nods ritually to 'otherness and alienation' only once--this is a study which will
Lock covers the years between 1730-1784, and describes Burke's Irish upbringing and education, early writing, and his parliamentary career throughout the momentous years of the American War of Independence. A Member of Parliament for nearly thirty years, his speeches are still read and studied as classics of political thought, and through his best-known work, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) he has continued to exercise a posthumous influence as "the father of conservatism." In this, the first of two volumes, F.P. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides an authoritative account of the complexity and breadth of Burke's philosophical and political writing and examines its origins in his personal experiences and the political world of his day.. Born and educated in Dublin, he moved to London to study law, but remained to make a career in English politics, completing A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of OurIdeas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) before entering the political arena. Edmund Burke (1730-1797) was one of the most profound, versatile, and accomplished thinkers