Past and Present

By:

Thomas Carlyle

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Hardback

Series:

The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian, cultural critic, and leading man of English letters during the Victorian era, published Past and Present, one of his most influential works, in 1843. Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s-closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor-Past and Present aimed to lead readers toward a "conversion experience" in order to stimulate social reform. In this work, Carlyle provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future. This volume, the fourth of the eight-volume Strouse Edition, includes an informative historical introduction and illustrations, along with complete notes and scholarly apparatus, and is the definitive modern scholarly edition.

Author Biography:

Chris R. Vanden Bossche, Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, is the editor of Carlyle's Historical Essays (California, 2002) and author of Carlyle and the Search for Authority (1991). Joel J. Brattin, Professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, helped establish the text for Carlyle's On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (California, 1993). D. J. Trela, Professor of English and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan, Flint, is author of A History of Carlyle's "Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches" (1992).

Release date Australia

June 1st, 2006

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Contributions by Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche
Introduction by Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche
Text by Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche
Text by D.J. Trela
Text by Joel J. Brattin

Illustrations

17 b-w photographs

Pages

968

Series

The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle

Dimensions

152x229x56

ISBN-13

9780520242500

Product ID

1906973

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