Thomas Carlyle

by Ian Campbell and Ian Campbell

Book Overview

Thomas Carlyle was indisputably one of the 'Great Victorians'. As prophet and preacher concerning the most urgent public issues of his time, he wielded a commanding influence both upon his intellectual peers and his fellow-countrymen at large. He was a restless critic of society who, as The Times wrote of him, 'denounced wealth without sympathy, equality without respect, mobs without leaders, and life without aim'.

When a general reaction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582012724
• ISBN13: 9780582012721
• Release Date: May 1979
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 36 Pages