Thomas Carlyle 
Essays on Politics and Society 

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. 

Table of Content

Contents


List of Illustrations 

Preface 

Chronology of Carlyle’s Life 

Introduction 

Note on the Text 

Illustrations


Essays on Politics and Society

Signs of the Times. 

Characteristics.

Death of Edward Irving.

Petition on the Copyright Bill.

Chartism.

Dr. Francia.

Louis Philippe.

Repeal of the Union.

Ireland and the British Chief Governor.

Irish Regiments (of the New Æra).

Legislation for Ireland.

Death of Charles Buller.

Ireland and Sir Robert Peel.

Indian Meal.

Trees of Liberty.

The Opera.

Project of a National Exhibition of Scottish Portraits.

Ilias (Americana) in Nuce.

Inaugural Address

Shooting Niagara: And After?

Latter Stage of the French-German War, 1870-71.

The Portraits of John Knox


Notes


Works Cited


Textual Apparatus

Emendations of the Copy-Text

Discussion of Editorial Decisions

Line-End Hyphens in the Copy-Text

Line-End Hyphens in the Present Text

Historical Collation 

Alterations in the Manuscript


Index

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.