The Great Melody - A Thematic Biography and Commented Anthology of Edmund Burke (Paperback, Main)

Conor Cruise O'Brien's majestic meditation on the life and writings of Burke was originally published in 1992. 'O'Brien [had] been brooding on Edmund Burke for decades. First he worked on a narrative approach and came to a standstill, he knew not why. Then, in the light of much painful observation of the world and its wickedness, he turned to a thematic treatment, inspired by Yeats's elliptic lines: "American colonies, Ireland, France and India / Harried, and Burke's great melody against it." "It", he decided, was the abuse of power.' Paul Johnson, Independent on Sunday 'The best book about Edmund Burke ever written . . . It succeeds in liberating this remarkable, tormented and brilliant man from those confusing and confining details of British high political life . . . O'Brien's version of Burke's career is a self-reflective and immensely personal one, but its authenticity penetrates to the core.' Linda Colley, Observer

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2015
Afterword by:	Oliver Kamm
Authors:	Conor Cruise O'Brien
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 56mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	768
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-32566-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN:	0-571-32566-1
Barcode:	9780571325665

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