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Past and Present
Thomas Carlyle
出版University of California Press, 2005
主題History / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / HistoriographyLiterary Criticism / GeneralSocial Science / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN05202425059780520242500
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=jxZrDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian, cultural critic, and leading man of English letters during the Victorian era, published Past and Present, one of his most influential works, in 1843. Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s—closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor—Past and Present aimed to lead readers toward a "conversion experience" in order to stimulate social reform. In this work, Carlyle provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future.

This volume, the fourth of the eight-volume Strouse Edition, includes an informative historical introduction and illustrations, along with complete notes and scholarly apparatus, and is the definitive modern scholarly edition.