A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful

By Edmund Burke

Edited with an introduction and notes by James T. Boulton

"One of the greatest essays ever written on art."

Guardian

Edmund Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin...

Published February 1st 2008 by Routledge.

The Quest for Gentility in China

Negotiations Beyond Gender and Class

Edited by Daria Berg, Chloe Starr

The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and...

Published December 13th 2007 by Routledge.

The Sublime, Terror and Human Difference

By Christine Battersby

Christine Battersby is a leading thinker in the field of philosophy, gender studies and visual and literary aesthetics. In this important new work, she undertakes...

Published October 11th 2007 by Routledge.

Edited by James Elkins

What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in the arts and the sciences? Or in the developed West and...

Published October 11th 2007 by Routledge.