Thomas Carlyle

by John Morrow

Overview

Thomas Carlyle is an account of a major figure in Victorian literature and a unique commentator on nineteenth-century life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852855444
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/10/2007
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

John Morrow is Professor of Political Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland.. His publications include Coleridge's Political Thought; The History of Western Political Thought: A Thematic Introduction; Young England: The New Generation and (with Mark Francis) A History of English Political Thought in the Nineteenth Century.

Table of Contents

Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Beginnings; 2 Literature as a Mission; 3 Facing the Modern World; 4 The Condition of England; 5 Work, Race and Empire; 6 Latteer-Day Pamphleter; 7 The Voice of the Past; 8 The Sage of Chelsea; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Editorial Reviews

'John Morrow treats the private Carlyle with a sane caution in this patient new book...Writing cost Carlyle a lifetime of troubles, but John Morrow takes the trouble to make his coherence and consequence rewardingly evident.' Francis O'Gorman, TLS, Jan 2007Â
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