The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Car lyle: July–December 1855: v. 30 - Hardcover

Campbell, I

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822365634 ISBN 13: 9780822365631

Publisher: Duke University Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Volume 30 illuminates Jane's inner life with the help of two previously unpublished documents: her complete journals from the years 1845-1852 and 1855-1856 and an interview conducted by her friend Ellen Twiselton that chronicles a painful period in the Carlyle marriage. This collection also includes Jane's story, "The Simple Story of My Own First Love," and discussions of her complicated relations with feminists, whom she admired yet distrusted. Meanwhile, Thomas is mired in his remarkable study of Frederick the Great, a figure he reveres as an exemplar of "veracity" in a shallow age - an image of Carlyle himself.

About this title

Review

"[I]mpeccably edited. . . ."
--Rosemary Ashton, "Times Literary Supplement"

"As with all previous volumes of this magnificent work in progress, these two leave the reader waiting impatiently for the next installment."
--Simon Heffer," The Spectator"

About the Author

Michael K. Goldberg is Professor of English, University of British Columbia. He has written widely on the 19th century including "Carlyle and Dickens" (Georgia, 1972). Joel J. Brattin is Assistant Professor in the Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mark Engel is a student of philosophy, a professional editor, and an independent scholar.

Sorensen is Associate Professor of English at St. Joseph's University.

Aileen Christianson is senior lecturer in the Department of English Literature, University of Edinburgh.

Alison Lumsden is a research fellow in the Department of English Literature, University of Aberdeen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822365634
• ISBN 13: 9780822365631
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1