Review

"This book is a model for anthology and for sagacious commentary. Bromwich's general introduction and the particular introductions to each of the items are of the highest quality, combining literary analysis, historical knowledge and judgment, and political philosophy." Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

This anthology brings together Burke's most important speeches, letters and pamphlets -reprinted uncut (with one exception), with substantial headnotes and introduction by Bromwich. The collection purposefully does not include Burke's two most widely read works. Taken as a whole, the collection demonstrates the depth of Burke's humanitarian concern, and presents Burke as forerunner to a tradition of liberal political thought that includes Tocqueville and Mill, rather than stressing his role as a founder of Anglo-American conservatism, as he has been widely understood.