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French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas, Sorensen, David R. (Professor of English, Saint Joseph's University), Kinser, Brent E. (Professor of English, Western Caorlina University)
Category: History | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
The product of a powerful and original mind, this is the history that introduced English-speaking people to the full meaning and tragedy of the French Revolution. First published in 1837, this pioneering work established Thomas Carlyle's reputation as a historian of enduring scholarly and popular appeal ...Show more
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle; David R. Sorensen (Editor); Brent E. Kinser (Editor)
Category: History | Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition Ser.
In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history. Published the following year and eventually translated into fifteen languages, this imaginative work of history, comparative religion, and literature is the most ...Show more
Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle; David R. Sorensen; Brent E. Kinser
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Thomas Carlyle's Past and Present (1843) was a prophetic warning of impending disaster for mid-Victorian Britain that was delivered in what the author described as a 'miraculous thunder-voice, from out of the centre of the world.' The impact of Carlyle's social criticism was immediate and profound, shap ...Show more
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