Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
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About the Author
Thomas Carlyle was a social critic and historian born in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, December 4, 1795, the same year as John Keats, but Carlyle is considered an early Victorian rather than a Romantic. After completing his elementary studies, he went to the University of Edinburgh but left näytä lisää in 1814 without a degree. His parents wanted him to become a minister in the Scottish church, but his independence of spirit made such a life program impossible. In 1816 he fell in love with, and was rejected by, a young woman. His love affair was followed by a period of doubt and uncertainty described vividly in Sartor Resartus, a work published in 1833 that attracted much attention. Carlyle's first literary work reveals his admiration for German thought and philosophy, and especially for the two great German poets Schiller and Goethe. The fictional autobiography of a philosopher deeply impressed Ralph Waldo Emerson who brought it back to the United States to be published there. History of the French Revolution (1837), rewritten after parts of it were mistakenly burned as kindling by John Stuart Mill, cemented Carlyle's reputation. The work brought him fame but no great wealth. As a result of his comparative poverty he was induced to give four series of public lectures. Of these the most famous were those On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic of History delivered in 1840 and published in 1841. Past and Present (1843), and Latter Day Pamphlets (1850) present his economic and industrial theories. With The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell (1845), The Life of John Sterling (1851), and History of Frederick II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great (1858-1865) he returned to biography. In 1865, Carlyle was made Lord Rector of Edinburgh. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Smelfungus is a name given by Laurence Sterne to Tobias Smollett as author of a volume of Travels through France and Italy, for the snarling abuse he heaps on the institutions and customs of the countries he visited.
In the 19th century it was adopted by Thomas Carlyle as a pen-name when he had any seriously severe criticisms to offer on things, particularly those that have gone or are going to the bad. Patrick Proctor Alexander also used the name in his book Mill and Carlyle, which contrasted Carlyle's views with those of John Stuart Mill. Proctor's Occasional Discourse on Sauertieg by Smelfungus attacks Carlyle's more brutal ideas.
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Autobiography; Essay on Liberty; Characteristics; Inaugural Address; Essay on Scott (1909) — Avustaja — 215 kappaletta
Carlyle's Essay on Burns: With the Cotter's Saturday Night and Other Poems from Burns (1909) 21 kappaletta
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. (2008) 9 kappaletta
Essays on Goethe 9 kappaletta
Sartor Resartus and Essays on Burns and Scott 7 kappaletta
Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations by Thomas Carlyle: Volume 2 (1845) 7 kappaletta
Historical Essays (The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle) (2002) 6 kappaletta
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to John Stuart Mill , John Sterling and Robert Browning (1969) 5 kappaletta
Occasional discourse on the Nigger question 4 kappaletta
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great in eight volumes, Volume II (part of) The Centenary… (1859) 4 kappaletta
Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle in Sixteen Volumes 4 kappaletta
Esays on the greater German poets and writers 4 kappaletta
Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I. and Charles I (1898) 4 kappaletta
Life of Friedrich Schiller (1825): Life of John Sterling (1851): Two Biographies (1907) 4 kappaletta
German Romance, Translations from the German with biographical and critical notices in two volumes, II, Hoffmann,… (1898) 3 kappaletta
Critical and miscellaneous essays. Volume 4 3 kappaletta
Carlyle's Works. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, Volume VII. (2010) 3 kappaletta
History Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Vol. 6 of 10: Frederick the Great (Classic Reprint) (2010) 3 kappaletta
Carlyle's Works. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, Volume V. (2010) 3 kappaletta
Critical and miscellaneous essays . Volume 3 3 kappaletta
Collected Works of (Illustrated) 3 kappaletta
Carlyle's Works. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, Volume IV. (2006) 3 kappaletta
The Works of Thomas Carlyle History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great Volume Two (1897) 3 kappaletta
The Carlyle anthology 3 kappaletta
The Letters of Thomas Carlyle to His Brother Alexander With Related Family Letters (1968) 3 kappaletta
Critical and miscellaneous essays. Volume 1 3 kappaletta
Lavora non disperarti 3 kappaletta
Inaugural Address at Edinburgh 3 kappaletta
Selections from Carlyle 2 kappaletta
CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS : THE EARLY KINGS OF NORWAY ETC. : EIGHT VOLUMES IN THREE, VOLUME III (1903) 2 kappaletta
Sir Walter Scott 2 kappaletta
Reminiscences of My Irish Journey in 1849 2 kappaletta
Oliver Cromwell's Letters And Speeches with Elucidations By Thomas Carlyle (Everyman 266, 267, 268) (1926) 2 kappaletta
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History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great (Volume One), from the Works of Thomas Carlyle 2 kappaletta
Longmans' English classics, ed. by G.R. Carpenter 2 kappaletta
History of Frederick the Great of Prussia, called Frederick the Great in eight volumes, Volume VIII: The Centenary… (1864) 2 kappaletta
Wilhelm Meister (3 vols.) 2 kappaletta
On Heroes 2 kappaletta
Miscellaneous Essays 2 kappaletta
Essays on Literature (Volume 5) (The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle) (2020) 2 kappaletta
Sartor Resartus and Latter-Day Pamphlets 2 kappaletta
Carlyle's Works (Musaeus, Tieck, Richter; and Heroes and Hero Worship, Past and Present) - Two Book Set 2 kappaletta
Critical And Miscellaneous Essays Collected and Republished (First Time, 1839; Final, 1869) Volume III of IV (1888) 2 kappaletta
Critical and miscellaneous essays in five volumes, Volume III The centenary edition of the works of Thomas Carlyle,… 2 kappaletta
Dante e Shakespeare 2 kappaletta
Muhammad The Hero as Prophet 1 kappale
Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle, The (Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches with Elucidations vol. 3, The life of… (1906) 1 kappale
The Works of Thomas Carlyle in Thirty Volumes, Vol. V: Heroes and Hero-Worship, in One Volumes (2016) 1 kappale
The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: Vol. 4: 1826-28 (Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh… (1970) 1 kappale
Arbeiten und nicht verzweifeln Auszüge 1 kappale
Carlyle's complete works Volume 17 1 kappale
Tre i Norge ved to av dem 1 kappale
Den franske revolution 1 kappale
"The Sacredness Of Work" 1 kappale
Biografía 1 kappale
Carlyle 1 kappale
Carlyle's Essay on Sir Walter Scott 1 kappale
Исторические и критические опыты 1 kappale
Cromwell's Letters And Speeches 1 kappale
The French Rvolution vol 2-3 1 kappale
The Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle 1 kappale
El Dictador de Francia 1 kappale
Reminiscences , Vol I 1 kappale
Reminiscences , Vol II 1 kappale
Essays on Politics and Society (Volume 6) (The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle) (2022) 1 kappale
On the Choice of Books (Dodo Press): Classic Work Which Began As An Address To Students Of Edinburgh University, By The… (2007) 1 kappale
Oliver Cromwell: With a Selection from his Letters and Speeches (Abridged and Newly Edited) 1 kappale
Carlyle’s Works - 6 Volumes 1 kappale
Works of Thomas Carlyle Parts Edition 1 kappale
Pagine scelte 1 kappale
History of Frederic II of Prussia 1 kappale
História da Revolução Francesa 1 kappale
Carlyle's Works: Frederick the Great 1 kappale
Autobiography 1 kappale
French Revolution Vol. III 1 kappale
The Works of Thomas Carlyle (Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches with Elucidations (Volume 7)) 1 kappale
2: The Works of Thomas Carlyle (Cambridge Library Collection - The Works of Carlyle) (Volume 2) (2010) 1 kappale
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia - Frederick The Great-Complete Table of Contents: 22 Volumes (2010) 1 kappale
Abbot Samson and other selections 1 kappale
Thomas Carlyle's Works (Popular Edition): Frederick the Great I-IV, VII; Past and Present; Sartor Resartus; Heroes… (1861) 1 kappale
Essays on Burns, Scott and Johnson. Edited with marginalia and notes by Henry Williams (Temple Classics.) (1904) 1 kappale
Carlyle's Works. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, Volume II. 1 kappale
Carlyle's Works. Last Words. 1 kappale
The Works of Thomas Carlyle in Thirty Volumes (Centenary Edition): Vol. XXIX - Critical and Miscellaneous Essays IV… (1899) 1 kappale
Oliver Cromwell's letters and Speeches with Elucidations Vol. II, Life of Friedrich Schiller, Including a General… (1885) 1 kappale
Essays on German literature 1 kappale
The French Revolution Vols 2 & 3 1 kappale
Essais choisis de critique et de morale 1 kappale
John Knox 1 kappale
Goethe's Faust 1 kappale
Miscellaneous Essays: Volumes I and II 1 kappale
Latter-Day Pamphlets and Characteristics 1 kappale
Carlyle's Choice Works 1 kappale
An Actual Authentic Ghost [short story] 1 kappale
Novalis, Including Hymns to the Night 1 kappale
THE WORKS OF THOMAS CARLYLE " Sartor Resartus, Past and Present, the Diamond Necklass Mirabeau" (1885) 1 kappale
CRITICAL and MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS: Collected and Republished Second Edition - Volume 1 of 5 1 kappale
Historical and Political Essays 1 kappale
The Works of Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great (Volume 5) 1 kappale
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Carlyle: With personal reminiscences and selections from his private letters… (2001) 1 kappale
The reign of terror 1 kappale
Jesuitism 1 kappale
Letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1826-1836 1 kappale
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays : Collected and Republished : In Four Volumes, Vol. II (1890) 1 kappale
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great, Volumes 4-5 - Primary Source Edition (2013) 1 kappale
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1 kappale
History of Fredrich II of Prussia, called Frederrick the Great in 10 volumes (incomplete set) 1 kappale
Selections 1 kappale
Carlyle, part one 1 kappale
The Pocket Carlyle 1 kappale
Oliver Cromwell III. Life of Schiller 1 kappale
Goethe (= Klassiker der Staatskunst 12) 1 kappale
Two Great Works Complete Sartor Resartus and Heroes and Hero Worship Plus Three Other Major Essays 1 kappale
Los primitivos reyes de Noruega 1 kappale
The letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell, with elucidations by Thomas Carlyle; ed. in three volumes, with notes,… (2012) 1 kappale
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays I-II 1 kappale
Oliver Cromwell I-II 1 kappale
Frederick the Great Vol 1 1 kappale
Bohaterowie : cześć dla bohaterów i pierwiastek bohaterstwa w historii : Odyn, Mahomet, Dante, Szekspir, Luter,… (2006) 1 kappale
German Romance : Specimens of its Chief Authors, with Biographical and Critical Notices (Vol IV) 1 kappale
Carlyle's Works (Cromwell's Letters Volumes 1-5; and Latter-Day Pamphlets) - Three Book Set 1 kappale
THOMAS CARLYLE: SELECTIONS 1 kappale
Heroes past and present 1 kappale
Frederick The Great VIII-VIII 1 kappale
Frederick The Great V-VI 1 kappale
Frederick The Great III-IV 1 kappale
Frederick The Great I-II 1 kappale
History of Frederick the Great 1 kappale
Worte [Thomas] Carlyles 1 kappale
Essays (Everyman's Library) 1 kappale
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Avustaja — 247 kappaletta
Voices of the Industrial Revolution: Selected Readings from the Liberal Economists and Their Critics (1961) — Avustaja — 42 kappaletta
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 2: Love, Marriage, and the Family (1966) — Avustaja — 38 kappaletta
Grolier Classics: Les Miserables, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, French Revolution, Divine Comedy (1955) 15 kappaletta
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Avustaja — 10 kappaletta
Letters and memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle, vol. I (2005) — Toimittaja, eräät painokset — 9 kappaletta
Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle Vol. II (2005) — Toimittaja, eräät painokset — 5 kappaletta
Letters & Memories of Jane Welsh Carlyle Vol III (2011) — Toimittaja, eräät painokset — 3 kappaletta
Goethes Werke ; Bd. 27 = Abth. 1, Bd. 24 ; [Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, 1. Theil] — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset — 3 kappaletta
Stories by Musaus and Fouque (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture) (Vol 1) (1991) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset — 2 kappaletta
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Smelfungus is a name given by Laurence Sterne to Tobias Smollett as author of a volume of Travels through France and Italy, for the snarling abuse he heaps on the institutions and customs of the countries he visited.
In the 19th century it was adopted by Thomas Carlyle as a pen-name when he had any seriously severe criticisms to offer on things, particularly those that have gone or are going to the bad. Patrick Proctor Alexander also used the name in his book Mill and Carlyle, which contrasted Carlyle's views with those of John Stuart Mill. Proctor's Occasional Discourse on Sauertieg by Smelfungus attacks Carlyle's more brutal ideas.
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The French Revolution A History Vol. I & Vol. Ii Tekijä: Thomas Carlyle
Condition: Very Good. 1889. Hardback. 2 vols completing the French Revolution series by Carlyle. Fine in very good half leather over marbled boards, with marbled gold page edges. Covers worn at spine, but remain very good. Vol I-II.
Epopeya histórica, más que historia, de Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), publicada en 1837. El gran escritor inglés da en esta célebre obra una visión de los hechos típicamente epicodramática: relieve estereoscópico de fuerzas espirituales ocultas que afloran por simpatía bajo la penetrante mirada intuitiva del investigador de héroes y fuerzas heroicas, mal disimuladas por la apocalíptica violencia de los acontecimientos. De este procedimiento suyo, por cuadros ricos de color, de movimiento, erizados de sentencias, de epigramas que se resuelven en imágenes fulgurantes, Carlyle da ya memorables ejemplos en los primeros capítulos de su obra.
La obra, con sus defectos y sus parcialidades, como con sus geniales iluminaciones, con su ritmo épico, de la narración, como con su característica interpretación de la Historia pasada en función de los problemas presentes, queda como el monumento tal vez más notable de la historiografía romántica europea.… (lisätietoja)
La obra, con sus defectos y sus parcialidades, como con sus geniales iluminaciones, con su ritmo épico, de la narración, como con su característica interpretación de la Historia pasada en función de los problemas presentes, queda como el monumento tal vez más notable de la historiografía romántica europea.… (lisätietoja)
I wasn't sure it would ever happen, but I finished Carlyle's French Revolution.
It’s tough going! Carlyle’s style is poetic, a little bit archaic, and very much idiosyncratic. The author introduces important historical figures without pausing to explain who these characters are, where they are from, or what their significance to events will be. Often people and places will be referred to interchangeably by several different names. The cadance of the text is often more akin to speech than clear-headed literature. Throw in a bunch of (sometimes untranslated) French, Latin, and Greek expressions and the result can only be confusion and bewilderment. Prudent readers will go into this book having already acquired at least some knowledge of the events it describes, else risk being irrecoverably lost. Those looking for an informative and authoritative account of the Revolution might be better served by a modern work such as Schama’s Citizens.
All that said, Carlyle’s epic of history does have its merits. Firstly, there’s something captivating in its prose, which has the quality of epic poetry mixed with thumping energy. Secondly, Carlyle has an uncanny knack for making the reader feel like they are a face peering out of the crowed watching events unfold, rather than the more sterile role of omnipotent observer in which more modern and academic histories tend to cast their reader. In the climatic chapters that detail key world-changing events (the execution of Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette, Corday’s killing of Marat, the flight to Varennes) the book is positively thrilling. Overall, then, this is an interesting book, but one to read more as a piece of literature than as an accessible historical reference. In light of this, I’d urge potential readers to peruse at least a couple of chapters (they’re short) of the eBook at Project Gutenberg to figure out if this is likely to be a work they will enjoy before taking the plunge on an expensive fine press copy.
I wrote a bit more about this book and the specific LEC edition that I read on my book blog https://ubiquitousbooks.wordpress.com/2020/07/04/the-french-revolution/… (lisätietoja)
It’s tough going! Carlyle’s style is poetic, a little bit archaic, and very much idiosyncratic. The author introduces important historical figures without pausing to explain who these characters are, where they are from, or what their significance to events will be. Often people and places will be referred to interchangeably by several different names. The cadance of the text is often more akin to speech than clear-headed literature. Throw in a bunch of (sometimes untranslated) French, Latin, and Greek expressions and the result can only be confusion and bewilderment. Prudent readers will go into this book having already acquired at least some knowledge of the events it describes, else risk being irrecoverably lost. Those looking for an informative and authoritative account of the Revolution might be better served by a modern work such as Schama’s Citizens.
All that said, Carlyle’s epic of history does have its merits. Firstly, there’s something captivating in its prose, which has the quality of epic poetry mixed with thumping energy. Secondly, Carlyle has an uncanny knack for making the reader feel like they are a face peering out of the crowed watching events unfold, rather than the more sterile role of omnipotent observer in which more modern and academic histories tend to cast their reader. In the climatic chapters that detail key world-changing events (the execution of Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette, Corday’s killing of Marat, the flight to Varennes) the book is positively thrilling. Overall, then, this is an interesting book, but one to read more as a piece of literature than as an accessible historical reference. In light of this, I’d urge potential readers to peruse at least a couple of chapters (they’re short) of the eBook at Project Gutenberg to figure out if this is likely to be a work they will enjoy before taking the plunge on an expensive fine press copy.
I wrote a bit more about this book and the specific LEC edition that I read on my book blog https://ubiquitousbooks.wordpress.com/2020/07/04/the-french-revolution/… (lisätietoja)
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