Past and Present

work by Carlyle

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discussed in biography

  • Thomas Carlyle
    In Thomas Carlyle: London

    …the hero was elaborated in Past and Present, which strove “to penetrate…into a somewhat remote century…in hope of perhaps illustrating our own poor century thereby.” He contrasts the wise and strong rule of a medieval abbot with the muddled softness and chaos of the 19th century, pronouncing in favour of…

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theories on European culture

  • Encyclopædia Britannica: first edition, map of Europe
    In history of Europe: Postrevolutionary thinking

    Later, Carlyle gave in Past and Present a suggestive picture of what he deemed a true community: quasi-medieval, based on the Faustian joy of work, and relying for its cohesion on its leader’s genius and strength of soul.

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