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University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chronology of Carlyle’s Life -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Illustrations -- Essays on Literature -- Miss Baillie’s Metrical Legends -- Burns -- Voltaire -- Biography -- Boswell’s...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chronology of Carlyle’s Life -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Illustrations -- Essays on Literature -- Miss Baillie’s Metrical Legends -- Burns -- Voltaire -- Biography -- Boswell’s Life of Johnson -- Corn-Law Rhymes -- Diderot -- Sir Walter Scott -- Heintze’s Translation of Burns -- Preface to Emerson’s Essays -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Textual Apparatus -- Index Essays on Literature brings together ten of the most important literary reviews and essays written by the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle. Spanning his writing career, the essays allow the reader to track Carlyle's development as a reviewer and stylist, the evolution of his perennial themes, and the tremendous impact of his writing on the development of British and American literature. In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the many editions of each essay
Publisher:
University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chronology of Carlyle’s Life -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Illustrations -- Essays on Literature -- Miss Baillie’s Metrical Legends -- Burns -- Voltaire -- Biography -- Boswell’s...
more
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chronology of Carlyle’s Life -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Illustrations -- Essays on Literature -- Miss Baillie’s Metrical Legends -- Burns -- Voltaire -- Biography -- Boswell’s Life of Johnson -- Corn-Law Rhymes -- Diderot -- Sir Walter Scott -- Heintze’s Translation of Burns -- Preface to Emerson’s Essays -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Textual Apparatus -- Index Essays on Literature brings together ten of the most important literary reviews and essays written by the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle. Spanning his writing career, the essays allow the reader to track Carlyle's development as a reviewer and stylist, the evolution of his perennial themes, and the tremendous impact of his writing on the development of British and American literature. In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the many editions of each essay
