Works: Volume I: Fragmenta - Hardcover

Callimachus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198141157 ISBN 13: 9780198141150

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1986

Synopsis

This volume of The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke continues the story of Edmund Burke, the Rockingham party in British politics, and the American crisis. By 1774 Burke was already recognized as a master of parliamentary debate and an accomplished writer. By 1780, however, his reputation was to have risen substantially. Probably the most important single reason was his Speech on Conciliation with America, which was presented to the House of Commons in March 1775, published, and circulated to a wide audience on both sides of the Atlantic. In that speech, Burke used the full force of his intellect and eloquence to set out the Rockinghams' first comprehensive plan for achieving lasting peace in the Empire. The public commendation he received helped him to gain recognition for offerings such as his second conciliation proposal in November 1775, and his Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol in 1777. It also gave him some of the confidence he needed to announce the Whig party's historic conversion to a moderate reform programme in his celebrated speeches on economical reform in 1779 and 1780. Numerous writings and speeches in this volume are transcriptions of previously unpublished manuscripts from the collections at Sheffield and Northampton. These allow the reader new insights into the workings of Burke's mind not just in relation to the major political issues, but also to a multitude of engaging subjects such as education, capital punishment, religious dissent, and the return of the Rockingham Whigs to government power.

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About the Author

Arnold Wycombe Gomme (1886 1959) was a British classical scholar, Lecturer in Greek and Greek History (1911 1945), Professor of Greek, University of Glasgow (1946 1957). Fellow of the British Academy (1947).

Review

Praise for previous volumes: "The major advantage of a new edition is to utilize the results of modern scholarship, and in this century a mass of scholarly research has transformed our interpretation and knowledge of the reign of George III....This new edition of Burke's writings and speeches is a worthy and needed counterpart to the Correspondence....This edition should be in any library with a serious commitment to scholarship."--CHOICE

"The editing throughout is impeccable and unobtrusive....The quality of this [volume] suggests that all libraries with established interests in British, Imperial, and American studies much have this edition on their shelves."--History: Reviews of New Books

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198141157
• ISBN 13: 9780198141150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536
• Editor: Pfeiffer Rudolph