The French revolution / / Thomas Carlyle ; introduced and selected by Ruth Scurr
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| Autore: |
Carlyle Thomas <1795-1881.>
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| Titolo: |
The French revolution / / Thomas Carlyle ; introduced and selected by Ruth Scurr
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 944.04 |
| Soggetto geografico: | France History Revolution, 1789-1799 |
| France History Louis XVI, 1774-1793 | |
| Altri autori: |
ScurrRuth
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Introduction by Ruth Scurr; The French Revolution |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his work The French Revolution: A History and overnight became a celebrity. The work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. In a politically-charged Europe, filled with fears and hopes of revolution, Carlyle's account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France became powerfully relevant. Carlyle's style emphasised this, continually pointing to the urgency of action - often using the present tense. For him, chaotic events demanded 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within so |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The French revolution |
| ISBN: | 1-282-87492-6 |
| 9786612874925 | |
| 1-4411-5267-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821990703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Continuum histories.