The Edmund Burke Page
( 1729 - 1797 )
It is one of history's curiosities that [ Reflections on the Revolution in France ] should be so nearly forgotten. --- Howard Fast
Major Works
A Vindication of Natural Society ( 1756; 1757 ).
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful ( 1757; 1759 ).
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents ( 1770 ).
Speeches on America ( 1774 - 75 ).
Reflections on the Revolution in France ( 1790 ). Having defended the American Revolution, Burke was bitterly critical of the excesses of the French.
A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly ( 1791 ).
An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs ( 1791 ).
A Letter to a Noble Lord ( 1796 ).
Two Letters on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France ( 1796 ).
Correspondence. Edited by Thomas W. Copeland and others. Chicago, 1958 - 1978.
About Burke
George Fasel, Edmund Burke. Twayne, 1983.
Russell Kirk, Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered. Arlington House, 1967.
Philip Magnus, Edmund Burke: A Life. John Murray, 1939.
Edmund Burke from Jack Lynch.
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