Thomas Carlyle 17951881 Scottish essayist historian cultural critic andleading man of English letters during the Victorian era published Past andPresent one of ... » 

Thomas Carlyle 17951881 Scottish essayist historian cultural critic andleading man of English letters during the Victorian era published Past andPresent one of his most influential works in 1843. Written as a response tothe economic crisis of the 1840sclosure of factories loss of jobs thegrowth of slums in industrial centers the starving poorPast and Presentaimed to lead readers toward a conversion experience in order to stimulatesocial reform. In this work Carlyle provides a trenchant articulation of thepolitical social religious and economic climate of the midnineteenthcentury and a prophetic vision of the future. This volume the fourth of theeightvolume Strouse Edition includes an informative historical introductionand illustrations along with complete notes and scholarly apparatus and isthe definitive modern scholarly edition. «