Mots et mondes
THOMAS CARLYLE and PAST AND PRESENT
Thomas Carlyle stands as one of the most forceful and unsettling voices of nineteenth-century British thought. Writing at a time of industrial expansion, democratic agitation, and religious uncertainty, he rejected...
THOMAS CARLYLE and PAST AND PRESENT
Thomas Carlyle stands as one of the most forceful and unsettling voices of nineteenth-century British thought. Writing at a time of industrial expansion, democratic agitation, and religious uncertainty, he rejected...
John Ruskin and The Stones of Venice
John Ruskin (1819–1900) stands as one of the most influential moral and cultural critics of the Victorian age. Though widely known as an art critic, Ruskin’s intellectual reach extended far...
John Ruskin and The Stones of Venice
John Ruskin (1819–1900) stands as one of the most influential moral and cultural critics of the Victorian age. Though widely known as an art critic, Ruskin’s intellectual reach extended far...
Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century British fiction, is known equally for his satirical brilliance and his deeply rooted traditionalism. His social, political, and cultural...
Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century British fiction, is known equally for his satirical brilliance and his deeply rooted traditionalism. His social, political, and cultural...
Alexis de Tocqueville and "Democracy in America...
Alexis de Tocqueville stands as one of the most penetrating observers of modern democracy. His works—Democracy in America (1835–40) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856)—brought together political analysis,...
Alexis de Tocqueville and "Democracy in America...
Alexis de Tocqueville stands as one of the most penetrating observers of modern democracy. His works—Democracy in America (1835–40) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856)—brought together political analysis,...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and On the Constitution...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was not only a major Romantic poet and critic but also a profoundly original social and political thinker. His intellectual development moved from early revolutionary enthusiasm...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and On the Constitution...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was not only a major Romantic poet and critic but also a profoundly original social and political thinker. His intellectual development moved from early revolutionary enthusiasm...
Mathew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869)
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) stands as one of the Victorian era’s most influential cultural theorists. His writings—especially Culture and Anarchy (1869), Essays in Criticism, and his numerous lectures—constitute a sustained attempt...
Mathew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869)
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) stands as one of the Victorian era’s most influential cultural theorists. His writings—especially Culture and Anarchy (1869), Essays in Criticism, and his numerous lectures—constitute a sustained attempt...