Edmund Burke on Irish Affairs

Author: 

Janes, Regina

Credentials: 

Ph.D. Harvard, Professor of English Skidmore College

Edmund Burke, the great British statesman, had a long and uncomfortable relationship with Ireland beginning with the circumstances of his birth: He was born an Irishman. As a conservative thinker, as a fierce critic of revolutionary movements and political terrorism, He hoped to knead a British nation from imperial fragments, disparate and fissiparous polities and marginal nonanglophone kingdoms and duchies. This monograph by a distinguished researcher in Burkean language and thought deals with Burke’s attempts to redefine Ireland an integral part of Britain. The counter example of British India as used by Burke is also investigated in regards to Irish events and social movements.

Market: 
Irish Studies, 18th c Studies Britain, Burke Studies, British India 18th c
Release Date: 
Summer 2003
ISBN: 
Cloth: 1-930901-08-9
Price: 
$74.95
Trim Size: 
6 x 9
Pages: 
268
Illustrations: 
None
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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