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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... described " the beloved man " to Clough as one of the age's " moral desperadoes " ( 1 : 156 ) . In 1857 he called Carlyle " part man of genius- part fanatic - and part tom - fool " ( 1 : 370 ) . He remarked to Moncure Daniel Conway in ...
... described " the beloved man " to Clough as one of the age's " moral desperadoes " ( 1 : 156 ) . In 1857 he called Carlyle " part man of genius- part fanatic - and part tom - fool " ( 1 : 370 ) . He remarked to Moncure Daniel Conway in ...
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... described himself ( Reminiscences , 85 ) . On hearing of Badams's death , Thomas Carlyle described him as being " among the men I loved most in the world " ( Letters , 7:78 ) . The Reminiscences pay him a warm tribute , and he figures ...
... described himself ( Reminiscences , 85 ) . On hearing of Badams's death , Thomas Carlyle described him as being " among the men I loved most in the world " ( Letters , 7:78 ) . The Reminiscences pay him a warm tribute , and he figures ...
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... described by Heine : " Freedom is the new religion and Paris is the new Jerusalem . " Young Basch showed aca- demic interests , studied at the Sorbonne , and became a specialist in German philosophy and aesthetics , producing.
... described by Heine : " Freedom is the new religion and Paris is the new Jerusalem . " Young Basch showed aca- demic interests , studied at the Sorbonne , and became a specialist in German philosophy and aesthetics , producing.
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... described " Benthamee Radicalism " to John Stuart Mill as " a wind - bladder rent , lying flaccid now probably enough forever " ( Letters , 11 : 206 ) . In the same year he observed to John Sterling that " no sect in our day has made a ...
... described " Benthamee Radicalism " to John Stuart Mill as " a wind - bladder rent , lying flaccid now probably enough forever " ( Letters , 11 : 206 ) . In the same year he observed to John Sterling that " no sect in our day has made a ...
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... described Blackie to Ralph Waldo Emerson as " a frothy semi - confused disciple of mine and other men's , " a man who " carries more sail than bal- last " ( 10 : 213 ) . Blackie reviewed Past and Present in 1844 and Oliver Cromwell's ...
... described Blackie to Ralph Waldo Emerson as " a frothy semi - confused disciple of mine and other men's , " a man who " carries more sail than bal- last " ( 10 : 213 ) . Blackie reviewed Past and Present in 1844 and Oliver Cromwell's ...
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