Carlyle's The French Revolution - Couverture souple

Scurr, Ruth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826440525 ISBN 13 : 9780826440525

Editeur : Continuum, 2010

Synopsis

Carlyle's "The French Revolution" In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his two-volume work "The French Revolution: A History" and overnight became a celebrity. The work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. This title offers an introduction to Carlyle and his masterwork, followed by a series of carefully selected extracts. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ruth Scurr offers a substantial introduction to Carlyle and his masterwork, followed by a series of carefully selected extracts. In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his two-volume work The French Revolution: A History and overnight became a celebrity. The work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. In a politically-charged Europe, filled with fears and hopes of revolution, Carlyle's account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France became powerfully relevant. Carlyle's style emphasised this, continually pointing to the urgency of action - often using the present tense. For him, chaotic events demanded 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within society. In Carlyle's view only dynamic individuals could master events and direct these energies effectively. As soon as ideological formulas replaced heroes and human action society became dehumanised. As Dr Scurr shows in her masterly introduction and through the texts she has selected from Carlyle's masterpiece of historical writing, The French Revolution needs still to be read for its relevance and as one of the finest examples of English prose writing ever.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Ruth Scurr is Director of Studies for Politics and International Affairs at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is also a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Cambridge. Her most celebrated book Fatal Purity - Robespierre and the French Revolution was published by Chatto and Windus in 2006. Dr Scurr writes regularly for The Times, TLS, Telegraph, Observer, The New York Review of Books and The New York Observer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0826440525
• ISBN 13: 9780826440525
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 204