A Vindication of Natural Society: or, A View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society. In a Letter to Lord **** By a late Noble Writer
Title | A Vindication of Natural Society: or, A View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society. In a Letter to Lord **** By a late Noble Writer |
Year for Search | 1756 |
Authors | [Burke], [Edmund](1729/30-97) |
Tertiary Authors | A Late Nobe Writer, [pseud.] |
Date Published | 1756 |
Publisher | Ptd. for M. Cooper |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Irish author |
Annotation | Satire on the idealization of the state of nature. |
Additional Publishers | 2nd ed. London: Ptd. for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 adds The Second Edition: With a New Preface to the title. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 1-38. |
Pseudonym | A Late Noble Writer [pseud.]. |
Author Note | The author (1729/30-97) was born and raised in Ireland but spent much of his life in England, where he served in Parliament for many years. |
Full Text | 1756 [Burke, Edmund] (1729/30-97). A Vindication of Natural Society: or, A View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society. In a Letter to Lord **** By a late Noble Writer. London: Ptd. for M. Cooper. 2nd ed. London: Ptd. for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 adds The Second Edition: With a New Preface to the title. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 1-38. PSt Satire on the idealization of the state of nature. The author was born and raised in Ireland but spent much of his life in England, where he served in Parliament for many years. |