Contents of Volume 1.
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
State of German Literature
Life and Writings of Werner
Goethe's Helena
Goethe
Appendix 1.
Preface to First Edition of Meister's Apprenticeship.
Preface and Introductions to the Book called German Romance.
Preface to German Romance.
Musaus
Fouque
Tieck
Hoffmann
Richter
Goethe
Preface to Second Edition of Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels.
Appendix II.
Fractions;
Tragedy of the Night-Moth
Cui Bono
Four Fables
The Sower's Song
Adieu
The Beetle
Today
Fortuna
Summary
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.
Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.
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