Traduction
nouvelle par Fauvel, H.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v13
Each section is dealt with
in turn methodically and exhaustively; but, partly through the
consequent breaks in the narration and partly through the
occasional analytic stagnation, there is some loss of organic con-
tinuity; the form is impressed from without, and too little shaped
by forces within, the narrative; the characters are hedged about
by this absolute exclusion of vagrancy; poles apart from this
method stands such a book as Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov,
where the tale affects us like a continuous swirling stream. Gissing's
dialogue is apt to be bookish, and, though admirably representative
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of character, it often fails to create illusion; there is an exception
in his natural unforced pathos. In style, though he is rather
consciously literary, he is one of the few novelists who add to
the worth of words by the care with which they are used, and
his best writing has a rare rhythmical grace and variety. He
was an eager student of the rhythm of classical verse as well
as of the prose of Landor and the poetry of Tennyson ; in the
later novels, his prose, always pure and finely chosen, breaks
into arresting and felicitous phrase, more often of pungent than
of imaginative quality.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES
CHAPTER I
CARLYLE
I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Shepherd, R. H. The Bibliography of Carlyle. A bibliographical list
arranged in chronological order of the published writings in prose and
verse of Thomas Carlyle (from 1820 to 1881). 1881.
Notes and Queries. Series vi, vol. iv, pp. 145, 201 ff. 1881.
Anderson, J. P. Carlyle Bibliography. Appendix to Garnett, R. , Life of
Thomas Carlyle. 1887.
II. COLLECTED EDITIONS AND SELECTIONS
Collected Works. 16 vols. 1856-8.
Collected Works. (Library edn. ) 34 vols. 1869-71.
Collected Works. (People's edn. ) 37 vols. 1871-4.
Works. (Ashburton edn. ) 17 vols. 1885-7.
Works. Ed. with Introductions by Traill, H. D. (Century edn. ) 31 vols.
1897-1901.
Ausgewählte Schriften. Hrsg. von Kretschmar, A. 6 vols. Leipzig, 1855-6.
Sozialpolitische Schriften. Übersetzt von Pfannkuche, A. Göttingen, 1895.
Passages selected from the Writings of Thomas Carlyle. With a bio-
graphical Memoir by Ballantyne, T. 1855.
The Carlyle Anthology. Selected and arranged by Barrett, E. New edn.
New York, 1876.
An Outline of the Doctrine of Thomas Carlyle, being selected and arranged
passages from his works. 1896.
Pages choisies de Carlyle. Traduction et introduction par Masson, E. Paris,
1905.
Arbeiten und nicht verzweifeln. Auszüge aus Carlyles Werken. Düsseldorf,
1912.
III. SEPARATE WORKS
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry; with notes. Translated from the
French of A. M. Legendre by Thomas Carlyle. (The introductory
chapter on Proportion is by the translator. ) Edinburgh, 1824.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. A novel from the German of Goethe.
Translated by Thomas Carlyle. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1824. Other
edns, 1839, 1842. Together with Wilhelm Meister's Travels. 1874.
With introduction by Dowden, E. and notes by Shorter, C. 1890.
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465
The Life of Schiller, comprehending an examination of his Works. 1825.
2nd edn. 1845. (Originally published as Schiller's Life and Writings in
The London Magazine, 1823-4; see, post, sect. iv. )
Leben Schillers, aus dem Englischen (with an introduction by
Goethe). Frankfort o. M. , 1830.
Cf. Küchler, F. , Carlyle und Schiller, Anglia, vol. xxvi, Halle, 1903
(pp. 1 ff. and 393 ff. ).
German Romance. Specimens of its chief Authors; with biographical and
critical notices. Translated by Thomas Carlyle. 4 vols. Edinburgh,
1827. (Vol. 1, Musaeus and Fouqué; 11, Tieck and Hoffmann; 111, Richter;
iv, Goethe. ) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter. 2 vols. 1874.
Wotton Reinfried. Fragment of a novel. 1827. See, post, Last Words of
Thomas Carlyle.
James Carlyle. 1832. Published in Reminiscences, see post.
Sartor Resartus; the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. In three
books. With Preface by Emerson, R. W. Boston, 1836. First English
edn. 1838. (Sartor Resartus originally appeared in Fraser's Magazine,
1833-4; see, post, sect. iv. ) 2nd edn. n. d. 3rd edn. 1849. With an
Introduction by Dowden, E. 1896. With Introduction and Notes by
Mac Mechan, A. Boston, 1896. By Barrett, J. A. S. 1901, 1905. Ed. Wood,
J. 1902. Published by the Doves Press. 1907. Ed. Parr, P. C. 1913.
Sartor Resartus. Traduit par Barthélemy, E. Paris, 1899, 1904.
Übersetzt und zum ersten Male mit Anmerkungen und einer
ausführlichen Biographie Carlyles versehen von Fischer, Th. A.
2 vols. Leipzig, 1882. Übersetzt von Schmidt, K. Halle, 1900.
Spanish translation by Blanco, E. González. 2 vols. Barcelona,
1905.
Cf. Wells, J. T. , Thomas Carlyle: his religious experience as reflected
in Sartor Resartus, 1899; Lincke, O. , Über die Wortzusammensetzung in
Carlyles Sartor Resartus, 1904.
The French Revolution. A History. 3 vols. 1837. 2nd edn. 1839. 3rd edn.
1848. Also 1857 and 1871. New edn, with Introduction and Notes by
Fletcher, C. R. L. 1902. With Introduction, Notes, etc. by Rose, J. H.
3 vols. 1902. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 1909.
Histoire de la Révolution française. Traduite par Regnault, E. ,
Barot, 0. et Roche, J. 3 vols. Paris, 1865–7. Les Hommes de
la Révolution française.
Traduction nouvelle par Fauvel, H. , avec
étude sur la vie et l'âuvre de Carlyle. Paris, 1888. Die französische
Revolution. Deutsch von Feddersen, P. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1844.
6th edn. Leipzig, 1911. Also Die grosse Revolution. Bearbeitet
von Luntowski, A. Berlin, 1911.
Cf. review by Mill, J. S. in The Westminster Review, and by Mazzini, J. ,
Life and Writings, 1864–70, vol. iv, pp. 110-144.
Lectures on German Literature. 1837.
Lectures on the History of Literature. 1838. Ed. Green, J. R. 1892.
Ed. with Notes, etc. by Karkaria, R. P. Bombay, 1892. Cf. Dowden, E. ,
Carlyle's Lectures on the Periods of European Culture, Nineteenth
Century, May 1881; rptd in Transcripts and Studies, 1888.
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays; collected and republished. 4 vols. 1839.
2nd edn. 5 vols. 1840. 3rd edn. 4 vols. 1847. Also 1857. Occasional and
Miscellaneous Essays. New York, 1839. (The individual essays of the
collection will be found enumerated in sect. iv. ) Biographical Essays
(Johnson; Burns). 1853. Essays by Thomas Carlyle, with introduc-
tion by Harris, F. n. d. Selected Essays. Ed. Pringle-Pattison, A. S.
Edinburgh, 1909.
E. L. XIII.
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Vermischte Aufsätze von Thomas Carlyle. Deutsch von Bredt, P.
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(Temple Classics. ) 1902.
Cathédrales d'Autrefois et Usines d'Aujourd'hui. Traduit par Bos, C.
Paris, 1901.
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'Past and Present, 1843.
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Also, New York, 1845. 2nd edn. , enlarged. 3 vols. 1846. Also 1866.
Abridged edn by Sanderson, E. 1905.
Olivier Cromwell: sa correspondance, ses discours. Traduit par
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VI. Parliaments. VII. Hudson's Statue. VIII. Jesuitism. ) Also 1858,
1870, 1872. Prophecy for 1855. Selected from Carlyle's Latter-Day
Pamphlets by Ballantyne, Th. 1855.
Pamphlets du dernier jour. Traduits par Barthélemy, E. Paris,
1906.
Cf. Hannay, J. , Blackwood and Carlyle: a Vindication (of the Latter-
Day Pamphlets), 1850.
Life of John Sterling. 1851. Also 1871.
John Sterlings Leben. Deutsch von Schmidt, A.
in turn methodically and exhaustively; but, partly through the
consequent breaks in the narration and partly through the
occasional analytic stagnation, there is some loss of organic con-
tinuity; the form is impressed from without, and too little shaped
by forces within, the narrative; the characters are hedged about
by this absolute exclusion of vagrancy; poles apart from this
method stands such a book as Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov,
where the tale affects us like a continuous swirling stream. Gissing's
dialogue is apt to be bookish, and, though admirably representative
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His Style
XIV]
463
of character, it often fails to create illusion; there is an exception
in his natural unforced pathos. In style, though he is rather
consciously literary, he is one of the few novelists who add to
the worth of words by the care with which they are used, and
his best writing has a rare rhythmical grace and variety. He
was an eager student of the rhythm of classical verse as well
as of the prose of Landor and the poetry of Tennyson ; in the
later novels, his prose, always pure and finely chosen, breaks
into arresting and felicitous phrase, more often of pungent than
of imaginative quality.
## p. 464 (#480) ############################################
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
CHAPTER I
CARLYLE
I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Shepherd, R. H. The Bibliography of Carlyle. A bibliographical list
arranged in chronological order of the published writings in prose and
verse of Thomas Carlyle (from 1820 to 1881). 1881.
Notes and Queries. Series vi, vol. iv, pp. 145, 201 ff. 1881.
Anderson, J. P. Carlyle Bibliography. Appendix to Garnett, R. , Life of
Thomas Carlyle. 1887.
II. COLLECTED EDITIONS AND SELECTIONS
Collected Works. 16 vols. 1856-8.
Collected Works. (Library edn. ) 34 vols. 1869-71.
Collected Works. (People's edn. ) 37 vols. 1871-4.
Works. (Ashburton edn. ) 17 vols. 1885-7.
Works. Ed. with Introductions by Traill, H. D. (Century edn. ) 31 vols.
1897-1901.
Ausgewählte Schriften. Hrsg. von Kretschmar, A. 6 vols. Leipzig, 1855-6.
Sozialpolitische Schriften. Übersetzt von Pfannkuche, A. Göttingen, 1895.
Passages selected from the Writings of Thomas Carlyle. With a bio-
graphical Memoir by Ballantyne, T. 1855.
The Carlyle Anthology. Selected and arranged by Barrett, E. New edn.
New York, 1876.
An Outline of the Doctrine of Thomas Carlyle, being selected and arranged
passages from his works. 1896.
Pages choisies de Carlyle. Traduction et introduction par Masson, E. Paris,
1905.
Arbeiten und nicht verzweifeln. Auszüge aus Carlyles Werken. Düsseldorf,
1912.
III. SEPARATE WORKS
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry; with notes. Translated from the
French of A. M. Legendre by Thomas Carlyle. (The introductory
chapter on Proportion is by the translator. ) Edinburgh, 1824.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. A novel from the German of Goethe.
Translated by Thomas Carlyle. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1824. Other
edns, 1839, 1842. Together with Wilhelm Meister's Travels. 1874.
With introduction by Dowden, E. and notes by Shorter, C. 1890.
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CH. 1]
Carlyle
465
The Life of Schiller, comprehending an examination of his Works. 1825.
2nd edn. 1845. (Originally published as Schiller's Life and Writings in
The London Magazine, 1823-4; see, post, sect. iv. )
Leben Schillers, aus dem Englischen (with an introduction by
Goethe). Frankfort o. M. , 1830.
Cf. Küchler, F. , Carlyle und Schiller, Anglia, vol. xxvi, Halle, 1903
(pp. 1 ff. and 393 ff. ).
German Romance. Specimens of its chief Authors; with biographical and
critical notices. Translated by Thomas Carlyle. 4 vols. Edinburgh,
1827. (Vol. 1, Musaeus and Fouqué; 11, Tieck and Hoffmann; 111, Richter;
iv, Goethe. ) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter. 2 vols. 1874.
Wotton Reinfried. Fragment of a novel. 1827. See, post, Last Words of
Thomas Carlyle.
James Carlyle. 1832. Published in Reminiscences, see post.
Sartor Resartus; the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. In three
books. With Preface by Emerson, R. W. Boston, 1836. First English
edn. 1838. (Sartor Resartus originally appeared in Fraser's Magazine,
1833-4; see, post, sect. iv. ) 2nd edn. n. d. 3rd edn. 1849. With an
Introduction by Dowden, E. 1896. With Introduction and Notes by
Mac Mechan, A. Boston, 1896. By Barrett, J. A. S. 1901, 1905. Ed. Wood,
J. 1902. Published by the Doves Press. 1907. Ed. Parr, P. C. 1913.
Sartor Resartus. Traduit par Barthélemy, E. Paris, 1899, 1904.
Übersetzt und zum ersten Male mit Anmerkungen und einer
ausführlichen Biographie Carlyles versehen von Fischer, Th. A.
2 vols. Leipzig, 1882. Übersetzt von Schmidt, K. Halle, 1900.
Spanish translation by Blanco, E. González. 2 vols. Barcelona,
1905.
Cf. Wells, J. T. , Thomas Carlyle: his religious experience as reflected
in Sartor Resartus, 1899; Lincke, O. , Über die Wortzusammensetzung in
Carlyles Sartor Resartus, 1904.
The French Revolution. A History. 3 vols. 1837. 2nd edn. 1839. 3rd edn.
1848. Also 1857 and 1871. New edn, with Introduction and Notes by
Fletcher, C. R. L. 1902. With Introduction, Notes, etc. by Rose, J. H.
3 vols. 1902. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 1909.
Histoire de la Révolution française. Traduite par Regnault, E. ,
Barot, 0. et Roche, J. 3 vols. Paris, 1865–7. Les Hommes de
la Révolution française.
Traduction nouvelle par Fauvel, H. , avec
étude sur la vie et l'âuvre de Carlyle. Paris, 1888. Die französische
Revolution. Deutsch von Feddersen, P. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1844.
6th edn. Leipzig, 1911. Also Die grosse Revolution. Bearbeitet
von Luntowski, A. Berlin, 1911.
Cf. review by Mill, J. S. in The Westminster Review, and by Mazzini, J. ,
Life and Writings, 1864–70, vol. iv, pp. 110-144.
Lectures on German Literature. 1837.
Lectures on the History of Literature. 1838. Ed. Green, J. R. 1892.
Ed. with Notes, etc. by Karkaria, R. P. Bombay, 1892. Cf. Dowden, E. ,
Carlyle's Lectures on the Periods of European Culture, Nineteenth
Century, May 1881; rptd in Transcripts and Studies, 1888.
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays; collected and republished. 4 vols. 1839.
2nd edn. 5 vols. 1840. 3rd edn. 4 vols. 1847. Also 1857. Occasional and
Miscellaneous Essays. New York, 1839. (The individual essays of the
collection will be found enumerated in sect. iv. ) Biographical Essays
(Johnson; Burns). 1853. Essays by Thomas Carlyle, with introduc-
tion by Harris, F. n. d. Selected Essays. Ed. Pringle-Pattison, A. S.
Edinburgh, 1909.
E. L. XIII.
30
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