The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Volume 23, Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Tr…

The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Volume 23, Wilhelm Meisters Apprenticeship and Travels IAuthor(s): Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108022460, 978-1108022460\nSynopsis\nThomas Carlyle [tel] was one of the most influential authors of the nineteenth century. Eagerly studied at the highest level of intellectual society, his satirical essays and perceptive historical biographies caused him to be regarded for much of the Victorian period as a literary genius and eminent social philosopher. After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1814, he published his first scholarly work on German literature in 1824, before finding success with his history of the French Revolution in 1837. After falling from favour during the first part of the twentieth century, his work has more recently become the subject of scholarly re-examination. His introducti.