{"product_id":"past-and-present-volume-4-hardcover","title":"Past and Present: Volume 4 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Carlyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Ramon Vanden Bossche\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eChris Ramon Vanden Bossche\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian, cultural critic, and leading man of English letters during the Victorian era, published \u003ci\u003ePast and Present, \u003c\/i\u003eone of his most influential works, in 1843. Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s--closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor--\u003ci\u003ePast and Present \u003c\/i\u003eaimed to lead readers toward a \"conversion experience\" in order to stimulate social reform. In this work, Carlyle provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume, the fourth of the eight-volume Strouse Edition, includes an informative historical introduction and illustrations, along with complete notes and scholarly apparatus, and is the definitive modern scholarly edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris R. Vanden Bossche, \u003c\/b\u003e Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, is the editor of Carlyle's \u003ci\u003eHistorical Essays \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 2002) and author of \u003ci\u003eCarlyle and the Search for Authority \u003c\/i\u003e(1991). \u003cb\u003eJoel J. Brattin, \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, helped establish the text for Carlyle's \u003ci\u003eOn Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 1993). \u003cb\u003eD. J. Trela, \u003c\/b\u003e Professor of English and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan, Flint, is author of \u003ci\u003eA History of Carlyle's \"Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches\" \u003c\/i\u003e(1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 968\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.17 x 9.32 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52612386980147,"sku":"9780520242500","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bE02T3ZtTUJtVlhPZGFOMHIxb3VUZz09.webp?v=1761850603","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/past-and-present-volume-4-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}