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Informationen zum Autor John Whale is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Leeds Klappentext In this volume, leading Burke scholars offer new and challenging essays which allow us to reconsider the historical context in which Reflections on the Revolution in France was written. Zusammenfassung In this volume! leading Burke scholars offer new and challenging essays which allow us to reconsider the historical context in which Reflections on the Revolution in France was written. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction - John Whale2. Rhetoric and representation in Burke's Reflections - F. P. Lock3. The Reflections refracted: the critical reception of Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France during the early 1790s - Gregory Claeys4. Between Burke and the union: reflections on PRO: CO 904/2 - W. J. McCormack5. Burke, popular opinion, and the problem of a counter-revolutionary public sphere - Kevin Gilmartin6. Cementing the nation: Burke's Reflections on nationalism and national identity - Tom Furniss7. Burke, Toland, toleration: the politics of prejudice, speculation and naturalization - Susan Manly8. Reflections on the Act of Union - Claire Connolly9. Reflections and correspondences: the unfamiliarity of Burke's familiar letterNotes on contributorsSelect bibliographyIndex
