De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle?

Despite his humble Scottish background, and the rigid Victorian social hierarchy, Thomas Carlyle was able to « write his way up » in the world, and was eventually invited into the highest London circles. Yet both he and his wife failed to acquire a true sense of belonging to their new geographical,...

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Main Author: Catherine Heyrendt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2008-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/7926
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description Despite his humble Scottish background, and the rigid Victorian social hierarchy, Thomas Carlyle was able to « write his way up » in the world, and was eventually invited into the highest London circles. Yet both he and his wife failed to acquire a true sense of belonging to their new geographical, social and spiritual environment. Their letters to their families—arguably an attempt to fight gradual estrangement—bear witness to their often disapproving yet compelling fascination with London society. Carlyle’s works, always sincere and never subservient regardless of possible consequences, reflect his uprooted and alien condition.
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De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle?
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title De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle?
title_full De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle?
title_fullStr De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle?
title_full_unstemmed De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle?
title_short De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle?
title_sort de la campagne ecossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens le deracinement de thomas carlyle
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