 Title page of the first American edition | |
| Author | Thomas Carlyle |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | James Munroe and Company |
Publication date | 1838–1839 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays is the title of a collection of reprinted reviews and other magazine pieces by the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle. Along with Sartor Resartus and The French Revolution it was one of the books that made his name. Its subject matter ranges from literary criticism (especially of German literature) to biography, history and social commentary. These essays have been described as "Intriguing in their own right as specimens of graphic and original nonfiction prose…indispensable for understanding the development of Carlyle's mind and literary career",[1] and the scholar Angus Ross has noted that the review-form displays in the highest degree Carlyle's "discursiveness, allusiveness, argumentativeness, and his sense of playing the prophet's part."[2]
- ^ Cumming, Mark, ed. (2004). The Carlyle Encyclopedia. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 107. ISBN 0838637922. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ Ross, Angus (1971). "Carlyle, Thomas". In Daiches, David (ed.). The Penguin Companion to Literature. Vol. 1: Britain and the Commonwealth. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 89. ISBN 9780070492752. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
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