Social Scientists & Scholars, Historiography, British & Irish Literary Biography
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Overview
The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning portrait of the Victorian writer and historian Thomas CarlyleA Pulitzer finalist that draws upon years of research and unpublished letters, Thomas Carlyle examines the life of the Victorian genius. Carlyle was the author of Sartor Resartus and The French Revolution: A History, and he possessed one of literature’s most flamboyant prose styles. Despite a childhood beset by anxiety and illness, Carlyle was indefatigable in his literary production. Fred Kaplan delves into the author’s intense personal life, which includes his turbulent marriage to author Jane Baillie Welsh and his disillusionment with religion. Kaplan is a devoted and sensitive explicator, vividly resurrecting both Carlyle and his Victorian setting.
Editorials
Frederick Busch
Fred Kaplan has performed a labor of love in a commendatory service. His Thomas Carlyle, which draws on unpublished letters, gives us our most complete picture of Carlyle in the context of his age… An achievement of much merit and a gift to students of the word.—Washington Post Book World
John Clive
[Carlyle] is alive and well (except for occasional stomach trouble), and living in Mr. Kaplan's biography.—Times Literary Supplement
Book Details
Published
April 23, 2013
Publisher
Open Road Publishing
Pages
614
ISBN
9781480409804