Historical Essays

"Thomas Carlyle, renowned nineteenth-century essayist and social critic, came to be thought of as a secular prophet by many of his readers and as the "undoubted head of English letters" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Historical Essays brings together for the first time Carlyle's essays on history and historical subjects in a fully annotated modern edition. Originally collected in Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, these essays span Carlyle's career from 1830 to 1875 and represent a major facet of his writings.

This edition uses all the extant authoritative versions of the essays to create an accurate critical text and includes a mine of lucidly presented information to enhance readers' understanding of Carlyle's densely allusive prose."--BOOK JACKET.