Latter-Day Pamphlets, Part I

The final volume of the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets, situates the Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist’s most contentious works within the social context of mid-nineteenth-century crises, including the revolutions of 1848, the Irish potato famine, and debates over slavery in the United States. Featuring the titular work of the Latter-Day Pamphlets, in addition to two versions of his infamous essay in support of slavery, “Occasional Discourse,” this volume will be published in two parts. Part 1 features the introductory materials as well as the full text of “Latter-Day Pamphlets.” Part 2 includes the two versions of “Occasional Discourse,” as well as the works cited, textual apparatus, and index.

In keeping with the other volumes in the series, these pamphlets and essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each text.

Chris R. Vanden Bossche is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Notre Dame, author of Carlyle and the Search for Authority and Reform Acts: Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, 1832–1867, and editor-in-chief of the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle.

Mark A. Allison is Charles M. Weis Professor of English at Ohio Wesleyan University and author of Imagining Socialism: Aesthetics, Anti-politics, and Literature in Britain, 1817–1918.
 

CONTENTS 

List of Illustrations 

Preface

Chronology of Carlyle’s Life

Introduction

Note on the Texts

Latter-Day Pamphlets

I. THE PRESENT TIME

II. MODEL PRISONS

III. DOWNING STREET

IV. THE NEW DOWNING STREET

V. STUMP-ORATOR

 VI. PARLIAMENTS

 VII. HUDSON'S STATUE

VIII. JESUITISM

Notes

Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question (1849)

Occasional Discourse on the N***** Question (1853)

Appendix: Manuscripts Related to the Latter-Day Pamphlets

“English Talent for Governing”

“Admires Peel”

“Phallus Worship”

“Latter-Day Pamphlets” 

“Industrial Regiments”

“Leave It Alone; Time Will Mend It” 

“Stump Orator” 

“Hudson’s Statue” 

“Old Clothes” 

Notes 

Works Cited 

Textual Apparatus

Emendations of the Copy-Text 

Discussion of Textual Variants

Line-End Hyphens in the Copy-Text

Line-End Hyphens in the Present Text

Historical Collation

Index