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On the Choice of Books Paperback – 7 May 2022
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Thomas Carlyle
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The vein of Puritanism running through his writings, composed upon the model of the German school, impressed many critics with the belief that their author, although full of fire and energy, was perplexed and embarrassed with his own speculations. Concerning this Puritan element in his reflections, Mr. James Hannay remarks, "That earnestness, that grim humour—that queer, half-sarcastic, half-sympathetic fun—is quite Scotch. It appears in Knox and Buchanan, and it appears in Burns. I was not surprised when a school-fellow of Carlyle's told me that his favourite poem was, when a boy, 'Death and Doctor Hornbook.' And if I were asked to explain this originality, I should say that he was a covenanter coming in the wake of the eighteenth century and the transcendental philosophy. He has gone into the hills against 'shams,' as they did against Prelacy, Erastianism, and so forth. But he lives in a quieter age, and in a literary position. So he can give play to the humour which existed in them as well, and he overflows with a range of reading and speculation to which they were necessarily strangers."
- Print length59 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date7 May 2022
- Dimensions17.78 x 0.38 x 25.4 cm
- ISBN-13979-8818994758
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- ASIN : B09ZCQPQLK
- Publisher : Independently published (7 May 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 59 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8818994758
- Dimensions : 17.78 x 0.38 x 25.4 cm
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slickdpdx
2.0 out of 5 stars
A bit disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on 16 September 2013
The title piece is a celebrated address upon Carlyle's election as Lord Rector of Edinburgh University (following Disraeli). Also includes a brief life of the author with miscellaneous items of correspondence. A bit disappointing.
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