Reviews for There You Are Writings on Irish and American Literature and History

The average rating for There You Are Writings on Irish and American Literature and History based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-24 00:00:00 Jessica Johnsgard "He [Carlyle] was a teacher and a prophet in the Jewish sense of the word. The prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah have become a part of the permanent spiritual inheritance of mankind, because events proved that they had interpreted correctly the signs of their own times, and their prophecies were fulfilled. Carlyle, like them, believed that he had a special message to deliver to the present age. Whether he was correct in that belief, and whether his message was a true message, remains to be seen. He has told us that our most cherished ideas of political liberty, with their kindred corollaries, are mere illusions, and that the progress which has seemed to go along with them is a progress towards anarchy and social dissolution. If he was wrong, he has misused his powers. The principles of his teachings are false. He has offered himself as a guide upon a road of which he had no knowledge; and his own desire for himself would be the speediest oblivion both of his person and his works. If, on the other hand, he has been right; if, like his great predecessors, he has read truly the tendencies of this modern age of ours, and his teaching is authenticated by facts, then Carlyle, too, will take his place among the inspired seers, and he will shine on, another fixed star in the intellectual sky. Time only can show how this will be."

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-14 00:00:00 Andrew Dobos Rating - 7.2 Expected more about the Yankee's players history than I did an economic malaise between the haves and the have nots in baseball; Does reinforce my general disdain to the rich owners in all sports With so much culture in Yankee land the book could have been something special, but overall misses the mark as it does not stray from its beeline at all (spare the chapter on segregation and race)