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Thomas Carlyle Moncure Daniel Conway

Thomas Carlyle By Moncure Daniel Conway

Thomas Carlyle by Moncure Daniel Conway


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Moncure Conway (1832-1907), the free-thinking preacher, was acquainted with many figures in the literary world. He published this unauthorised memoir of his friend after Carlyle's death in 1881, because he was concerned about the damage J. A. Froude's biography, with its frankness on personal matters, might do to Carlyle's reputation.

Thomas Carlyle Summary

Thomas Carlyle by Moncure Daniel Conway

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. He gained a reputation as the 'least orthodox preacher in London', and was acquainted with many figures in the literary and scientific world, including Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin. This memoir of Thomas Carlyle, another friend, was published in 1881 soon after Carlyle's death. Carlyle had not wanted to be the subject of a biography, and reluctantly authorised J. A. Froude to write one, but Conway rushed into print this somewhat hagiographical account because he was concerned, with reason, about the damage Froude's frank biography (published in 1882-4 and also reissued in this series) might do to Carlyle's reputation.

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Thomas Carlyle; Part II. By the Grave of Carlyle; Part III. Letters of Carlyle; Part IV. Letters addressed to Mrs. Basil Montagu and B. W. Procter by Mr. Thomas Carlyle.

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NLS9781108045346
9781108045346
1108045340
Thomas Carlyle by Moncure Daniel Conway
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2012-02-23
274
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