The Carlyle EncyclopediaMark Cumming Written by more than fifty international researchers in Victorian studies, The Carlyle Encyclopedia is the new standard, single-volume reference work on Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. It offers concise but detailed accounts of central issues related to the Carlyles' lives and writings, and provides bibliographic citations that direct the reader's attention to a wide range of additional sources. It presents the lives and literary achievements of two remarkable individuals in the context of the rich and challenging Victorian age. The Carlyle Encyclopedia will interest a variety of readers who concern themselves with literature, social history, the history of ideas, Victorian culture, and Scottish studies. Mark Cumming teaches nineteenth-century literature at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. |
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... Frederick the Great . The two men continued to meet intermittently for the following decade , until July 1877 . Althaus's brief biography is valuable for its insight into Carlyle's place in his culture and for its astute evaluation of ...
... Frederick the Great . The two men continued to meet intermittently for the following decade , until July 1877 . Althaus's brief biography is valuable for its insight into Carlyle's place in his culture and for its astute evaluation of ...
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... Frederick the Great - are all parts of the Carlylean Bible ; and indeed Sartor Resartus and Past and Present , with their sense of revelation , are likewise scriptural . History as Bible is a very apt metaphor , invoking its sacredness ...
... Frederick the Great - are all parts of the Carlylean Bible ; and indeed Sartor Resartus and Past and Present , with their sense of revelation , are likewise scriptural . History as Bible is a very apt metaphor , invoking its sacredness ...
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... Frederick and declared that Carlyle had lived up to the nobility of character described in the lec- ture on the " Hero as Man of Letters . " Carlyle thanked Bismarck for his generous assessment of Frederick the Great and extended a warm ...
... Frederick and declared that Carlyle had lived up to the nobility of character described in the lec- ture on the " Hero as Man of Letters . " Carlyle thanked Bismarck for his generous assessment of Frederick the Great and extended a warm ...
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... Frederick the Great , Carlyle applied for private study space in the museum to the powerful Anthony Panizzi , the " Napoleon of Librarians " ( Crook , 155 ) . Whether piqued by Carlyle's com- mission testimony or staunchly devoted to ...
... Frederick the Great , Carlyle applied for private study space in the museum to the powerful Anthony Panizzi , the " Napoleon of Librarians " ( Crook , 155 ) . Whether piqued by Carlyle's com- mission testimony or staunchly devoted to ...
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... Frederick the Great , though it made him " curse and swear " ( DeVane and Knickerbocker , 112 ) . It is hard to be completely certain about when the two first met , since after 1835 they were moving in the same circles that included ...
... Frederick the Great , though it made him " curse and swear " ( DeVane and Knickerbocker , 112 ) . It is hard to be completely certain about when the two first met , since after 1835 they were moving in the same circles that included ...
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