Further reflections on the revolution in France / Edmund Burke ; edited by Daniel E. Ritchie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Contributor:

Ritchie, Daniel E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Public opinion.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Foreign public opinion, British.

France.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797--Correspondence.

Burke, Edmund.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. Reflections on the revolution in France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 343 pages) : portrait

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his famous Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Edmund Burke excoriated French revolutionary leaders for recklessly destroying France's venerable institutions and way of life. But his war against the French intelligentsia did not end there, and Burke continued to take pen in hand against the Jacobins until his death in 1797. This new collection brings together for the first time Burke's most important essays and letters on the French Revolution. There are seven items in the collection. Taken together, they anticipate, refine, and embellish Burke's Reflections. Included are Burke's "Letter to a Member of the National Assembly," in which he assails Jean Jacques Rousseau, the patron saint of the French Revolution; Burke's "Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs," in which he presents his classic defense of the Glorious Revolution of 1688; and his "A Letter to a Noble Lord," in which he defends his life and career against his detractors and, according to John Morley, writes "the most splendid repartee in the English language."

Contents:

""Edmund Burke, Further Reflections on the Revolution in France ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. v ""; ""Foreword, p. vii ""; ""Editor's Note, p. xxi ""; ""List of Short Titles, p. xxiii ""; ""Further Reflections on the Revolution in France ""; ""1. Letter to Charles-Jean-Francois Depont, p. 3 ""; ""2. Letter to Philip Francis, p. 19 ""; ""3. A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly, p. 27 ""; ""4. An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, p. 73 ""; ""5. Thoughts on French Affairs, p. 203 ""; ""6. Letter to William Elliott, p. 257 "" ""7. A Letter to a Noble Lord, p. 277 """"Index, p. 327 ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61487-783-1

OCLC:

929118683