| Front | Thomas Carlyle |
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| Back | 1795-1881 historian , philosopher, essayist, and critic his first considerable essay, on Goethe's Faust, 1822 a translation of Goethe's Meister 's Apprenticeship 1824 Sartor Resartus 1834 J S Mill introduced Emerson to him French Revolution, 1837 because he was interested in French revolution his lecture, on heroes, hero-worship and the heroic in history 1841, dealt with contemporary agitation and outlined Carlyle's views on the political and social problems of the day in Past and Present 1843 , he drew on the recently published chronicle of Jocelin of brakelond to argue that the proper regulation of society depend upon the leadership of a strong man of genius in latter-day pamphlets 1850 these views were repeated in more vehement form with the publication of Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches 1845, his literary reputation was firmly established the history of Frederick the Great 1858-65). Ruskin and Dickens main influence he insisted on the importance of the individuals, the private life of service by the ordinary man and the public life of service by the ordinary man and the public life of heroism by the leader he searched for a satisfactory model of the hero to put before the eyes of contemporaries. the search at first inspired them but by removing Carlyle from the liberal and Democratic tendencies of his age, finally isolated him and paved the way for later neglect |
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