Historical essays / edited by Chris R. Vanden Bossche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.

Contributor:

Vanden Bossche, Chris.

Series:

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. 1993 ; Works. 3.

The Norman and Charlotte Strouse edition of the writings of Thomas Carlyle ; [3]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History.

Europe.

History.

France--History--18th century.

France.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

xciii, 1146 pages, 9 pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]

Summary:

Thomas Carlyle, renowned nineteenth-century essayist and social critic, came to be thought of as a secular prophet by many of his readers and as the "undoubted head of English letters" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Historical Essays brings together Carlyle's essays on history and historical subjects in a fully annotated modern edition for the first time. These essays, which were originally collected in Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, span Carlyle's career from 1830 to 1875 and represent a major facet of his writings. This edition uses all the extant authoritative versions of the essays to create an accurate critical text and includes a mine of lucidly presented information to enhance readers' understanding of Carlyle's densely allusive prose.

This collection includes essays on the French Revolution, Cromwell, Frederick the Great, and medieval Scandinavia. It also includes such essential pieces as "On History, " "On History Again, " "Count Cagliostro, " and "The Diamond Necklace."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 789-808) and index.

ISBN:

0520220617

OCLC:

48265670