John Morrow is Professor of Political Studies at the University of Auckland.

'John Morrow treats the private Carlyle with a sane caution in this patient new book...Writing cost Carlyle a lifetime of troubles, but John Morrow takes the trouble to make his coherence and consequence rewardingly evident.' ~ Francis O'Gorman, TLS, Jan 2007

• Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Beginnings; 2 Literature as a Mission; 3 Facing the Modern World; 4 The Condition of England; 5 Work, Race and Empire; 6 Latter-Day Pamphleter; 7 The Voice of the Past; 8 The Sage of Chelsea; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

John Morrow is Professor of Political Studies at the University of Auckland.

'John Morrow treats the private Carlyle with a sane caution in this patient new book...Writing cost Carlyle a lifetime of troubles, but John Morrow takes the trouble to make his coherence and consequence rewardingly evident.' ~ Francis O'Gorman, TLS, Jan 2007

• Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Beginnings; 2 Literature as a Mission; 3 Facing the Modern World; 4 The Condition of England; 5 Work, Race and Empire; 6 Latter-Day Pamphleter; 7 The Voice of the Past; 8 The Sage of Chelsea; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

John Morrow is Professor of Political Studies at the University of Auckland.

'John Morrow treats the private Carlyle with a sane caution in this patient new book...Writing cost Carlyle a lifetime of troubles, but John Morrow takes the trouble to make his coherence and consequence rewardingly evident.' ~ Francis O'Gorman, TLS, Jan 2007

• Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Beginnings; 2 Literature as a Mission; 3 Facing the Modern World; 4 The Condition of England; 5 Work, Race and Empire; 6 Latter-Day Pamphleter; 7 The Voice of the Past; 8 The Sage of Chelsea; Notes; Bibliography; Index.