Thomas Carlyle

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2013

ISBN-13: 9781480409804

<DIV><B>National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist: A portrait of the Victorian writer and historian Thomas Carlyle.</B></DIV><DIV><BR /> A Pulitzer finalist that draws upon years of research and unpublished letters,&#160;<I>Thomas Carlyle</I>&#160;examines the life of the Victorian genius. Carlyle was the author of&#160;<I>Sartor Resartus</I>&#160;and&#160;<I>The French Revolution: A History</I>, and he possessed one of literature&rsquo;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&rsquo;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.</DIV>