Latter-Day Pamphlets - Softcover

Carlyle, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692202404 ISBN 13: 9780692202401

Publisher: ADP Gauntlet, 2014

Synopsis

This is the complete series of “pamphlets” published by Thomas Carlyle in 1850. The most popular essay in the series is titled “Husdon’s Statue” and contains the heart of Carlyle’s critique of democratic principles and what he saw as the corrosive effects of capitalist economics. Most collections available today contain only the first five: The Present Time, Model Prisions, Downing Street, The New Downing Street, and Stump-Orator. This edition, however, contains an additional three in order to complete the series: Parliaments, Hudson’s Statue, and Jesuitism. These essays, due to their controversial nature, are sometimes considered the negative turning-point in Carlyle’s career due to the fact that few found his messages acceptable. Nonetheless, this book represents to core of his vehement attack on the social problems of his day.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Carlyle was a Victorian-era Scottish author, philosopher, and historian. Raised by a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle abandoned his career with the clergy in 1821 after losing his faith, focusing instead on writing. Carlyle went on to publish such noted works as Life of Schiller, Sartor Resartus which was inspired by his crisis of faith, and The French Revolution, and became one of the most prominent writers of his day. Carlyle s later works included Heroes and Hero-Worship and Frederick the Great. Carlyle passed away in 1881.

About this edition

• Publisher: ADP Gauntlet
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0692202404
• ISBN 13: 9780692202401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420