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ThomasCarlyle
ThomasCarlyle
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PhotobyElliott&Frycirca1860s
Born
4December1795(1795-12-04)
Ecclefechan,DumfriesandGalloway,Scotland1
Died
5February1881(1881-02-05)(aged 85)
London,England
Occupation
Essayist,satirist,historian
Literarymovement
Victorianliterature,Romanticism
ThomasCarlyle(4December1795–5February1881)wasaScottishsatiricalwriter,essayist,historianandteacherduringtheVictorianera.[1]Hecalledeconomics"thedismalscience",wrotearticlesfortheEdinburghEncyclopedia,andbecameacontroversialsocialcommentator.
ComingfromastrictCalvinistfamily,Carlylewasexpectedtobecomeapreacherbyhisparents,butwhileattheUniversityofEdinburgh,helosthisChristianfaith.Calvinistvalues,however,remainedwithhimthroughouthislife.Thiscombination,ofareligioustemperamentwithlossoffaithintraditionalChristianity,madeCarlyle'sworkappealingtomanyVictorianswhoweregrapplingwithscientificandpoliticalchangesthatthreatenedthetraditionalsocialorder.
Contents
∙1Earlylifeandinfluences
∙2Writings
o2.1Earlywritings
o2.2SartorResartus
o2.3TheFrenchRevolution
o2.4HeroesandHeroWorship
o2.5TheEverlastingYeaandNo
o2.6WorshipofSilenceandSorrow
o2.7FredericktheGreat
o2.8Laterwork
∙3Privatelife
o3.1Marriage
o3.2Laterlife
o3.3Death
o3.4Biography
∙4Influence
∙5Works
∙6Definitions
∙7Notes
∙8Bibliography
∙9Seealso
∙10Externallinks
Earlylifeandinfluences
BirthplaceofThomasCarlyle
CarlylewasborninEcclefechan,DumfriesandGalloway,.[1]HisparentsdeterminedlyaffordedhimaneducationatAnnanAcademy,Annan,wherehewasbulliedandtormentedsomuchthatheleftafterthreeyears.[2]Inearlylife,hisfamily's(andhisnation's)strongCalvinistbeliefspowerfullyinfluencedtheyoungman.
AfterattendingtheUniversityofEdinburgh,Carlylebecameamathematicsteacher,firstinAnnanandtheninKirkcaldy,whereCarlylebecameclosefriendswiththemysticEdwardIrving.(Confusingly,thereisanotherScottishThomasCarlyle,bornafewyearslaterandalsoconnectedtoIrving,throughhisworkwiththeCatholicApostolicChurch.)
In1819–1821,CarlylereturnedtotheUniversityofEdinburgh,wherehesufferedanintensecrisisoffaithandconversionthatwouldprovidethematerialforSartorResartus("TheTailorRetailored"),whichfirstbroughthimtothepublic'snotice.
Carlyledevelopedapainfulstomachailment,possiblygastriculcers(whichpseudo-medicineofthetimeattributedtothis"crisisoffaith"[4]),thatremainedthroughouthislifeandcontributedtohisreputationasacrotchety,argumentative,andsomewhatdisagreeablepersonality.
Hisprosestyle,famouslycrankyandoccasionallysavage,helpedcementareputationofirascibility.[5]
HebeganreadingdeeplyinGermanliterature.[1]Carlyle'sthinkingwasheavilyinfluencedbyGermanIdealism,inparticulartheworkofJohannGottliebFichte.HeestablishedhimselfasanexpertonGermanliteratureinaseriesofessaysforFraser'sMagazine,andbytranslatingGermanwriters,notablyGoethe(thenovelWilhelmMeistersLehrjahre).[1]HealsowroteLifeofSchiller(1825).[1]
In1826,ThomasCarlylemarriedJaneBaillieWelsh,herselfawriter,whomhehadmetin1821,[1]duringhisperiodofGermanstudies.
Hishomeinresidenceformuchofhisearlylife,after1828,wasafarminCraigenputtock,ahouseinDumfrieshire,Scotlandwherehewrotemanyofhisworks.[1]HeoftenwroteabouthislifeatCraigenputtock,"ItiscertainthatforlivingandthinkinginIhaveneversincefoundintheworldaplacesofavourable....Howblessed,mightpoormortalsbeinthestraitestcircumstancesiftheirwisdomandfidelitytoheavenandtooneanotherwereadequatelygreat!
".
AttheCraigenputtockfarm,Carlylealsowrotesomeofhismostdistinguishedessays,andhebeganalifelongfriendshipwiththeAmericanessayistRalphWaldoEmerson.[1]In1834,CarlylemovedtotheChelsea,LondonsectionofLondon,wherehewasthenknownasthe"SageofChelsea"andbecameamemberofaliterarycirclewhichincludedtheessayistsLeighHuntandJohnStuartMill.[1]
InLondon,CarlylewroteTheFrenchRevolution:
AHistory(3volumes,1837),asahistoricalstudyconcerningoppressionofthepoor,whichwasimmediatelysuccessful.ThatwasthestartofmanyotherwritingsinLondon.
Writings
Earlywritings
By1821,Carlylehadabandonedtheclergyasacareerandfocusedonmakingalifeasawriter.Hisfirstattemptatfictionwas"CruthersandJonson",oneofseveralabortiveattemptsatwritinganovel.FollowinghisworkonatranslationofGoethe'sWilhelmMeister'sApprenticeship,[1]hecametodistrusttheformoftherealisticnovelandsoworkedondevelopinganewformoffiction.Inaddition
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