Essays on Politics and Society brings together the most significant writings on the topic by the acclaimed Victorian historian, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle. This volume includes some of his most well-known and influential pieces, such as "Characteristics" and "Chartism." In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

About the Author
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a renowned and prolific Scottish essayist, historian, and social critic. His other major works include Sartor Resartus, Heroes and Hero Worship, Past and Present, and his history of the French Revolution.

John M. Ulrich is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mansfield University and the author of Signs of Their Times: History, Labor, and Body in Cobbett, Carlyle, and Disraeli.

Lowell T. Frye is Elliott Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Humanities at Hampden-Sydney College and has published numerous articles on Thomas Carlyle, especially on the social and political essays and Latter-Day Pamphlets.

Chris R. Vanden Bossche is Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Carlyle and the Search for Authority and Reform Acts: Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, 1832-1867, editor of Carlyle's Historical Essays, and coeditor of Carlyle's Past and Present and Essays on Literature.


Book Information
ISBN 9780520387911
Author Thomas Carlyle
Format Hardback
Page Count 1104
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 1361g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 56mm