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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... mind Jane Welsh Carlyle's observation that Carlyle is " not one man , but many men " ( Francis Espinasse , Literary Recollections and Sketches [ London : Hodder and Stoughton , 1893 ] , 199 ) , we have endeav- ored to reflect the range ...
... mind Jane Welsh Carlyle's observation that Carlyle is " not one man , but many men " ( Francis Espinasse , Literary Recollections and Sketches [ London : Hodder and Stoughton , 1893 ] , 199 ) , we have endeav- ored to reflect the range ...
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... mind which is within us , and not on the circumstances which are with- out us ; but a Smith , a De Lolme , a Bentham , who chiefly inculcates the reverse of this , that our happiness depends entirely on external circum- stances ; nay ...
... mind which is within us , and not on the circumstances which are with- out us ; but a Smith , a De Lolme , a Bentham , who chiefly inculcates the reverse of this , that our happiness depends entirely on external circum- stances ; nay ...
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... minds of England in their age , " and hailed him as " the great questioner of things established , " " the chief ... mind " ( 44 ) . Mill placed Bentham " among the masters of wisdom , the great teachers and permanent intellectual ...
... minds of England in their age , " and hailed him as " the great questioner of things established , " " the chief ... mind " ( 44 ) . Mill placed Bentham " among the masters of wisdom , the great teachers and permanent intellectual ...
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... mind " with rides , dinners , and " delightful conversation " ( 267 ) . Unfortunately , the death of Lord Brownlow , the son of Lady Marian , brought an end to this visit . The friend- ship continued , however , and Mary Boyle became a ...
... mind " with rides , dinners , and " delightful conversation " ( 267 ) . Unfortunately , the death of Lord Brownlow , the son of Lady Marian , brought an end to this visit . The friend- ship continued , however , and Mary Boyle became a ...
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... mind , — which seemed to amaze them considerably , even to frighten certain of them ( who tried to bear me down , but made nothing of that ) " ( Letters , 23 : 231 ) . His testimony ( generously excerpted in Shepherd , 2 : 44-83 ) ...
... mind , — which seemed to amaze them considerably , even to frighten certain of them ( who tried to bear me down , but made nothing of that ) " ( Letters , 23 : 231 ) . His testimony ( generously excerpted in Shepherd , 2 : 44-83 ) ...
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