The Carlyle EncyclopediaEdited by Mark Cumming
About the Editor:
Mark Cumming teaches nineteenth-century literature at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, he has published a monograph of Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution and a number of essays and articles on Carlyle's writings. He is currently a member of the board of editors for a new edition of The French Revolution and the editor of Carlyle Studies Annual.
The Carlyles are important and endlessly engaging figures. They have been studied for their place in the history of ideas and for their own unique vigor and literary power. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was one of the dominant cultural icons of Victorian Britain. His writings profoundly affected how his age viewed history, religion, society, literature, and politics. Despite shifting critical currents, Carlyle has remained a central figure in the study of Victorian culture. Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) has attracted attention, not only in studies of Victorian domesticity and gender relations, but also as a writer in her own right, though in a more private and limited sphere. The Carlyle Encyclopedia is the new standard, single-volume reference work on the lives and writings of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Written by over fifty contributors from the United States, Scotland, England, Canada, and Germany, it offers detailed accounts of central topics in Carlyle studies and bibliographic citations which direct the reader's attention to a wide range of additional sources. The Carlyle Encyclopedia focuses primarily on Thomas Carlyle. It reflects the range of his interests and resists stereotyped impressions of who he was and what he believed. It covers Carlyle's entire life, without privileging any particular work or period, and locates Carlyle in his time and place, in the context of a rich and challenging age. The Carlyle Encyclopedia also give a balanced assessment of Jane Welsh Carlyle, which avoids either belittling her or overestimating her achievemenT. It avoids the reductive and contradictory stereotypes of her which were offered by early biographers of Thomas Carlyle and offers instead a study of her varied friendships and her trenchant observations on contemporary life. Read an Interview with the author: Read a review of this title
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