Program

Research Programs: Scholarly Editions and Translations

Period of Performance

10/1/2021 - 9/30/2024

Funding Totals

$300,000.00 (approved)
$300,000.00 (awarded)


The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

FAIN: RQ-279704-21

Duke University (Durham, NC 27705-4677)
David R. Sorensen (Project Director: November 2020 to present)

Preparation for print and digital publication of volumes 48, 49, and 50 of the correspondence of English author Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866). (36 months)

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: The print publication of volumes 49 and 50 (the final volumes in the collection) of the correspondence of English author Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866), and publication of volumes 48–50 together with undateds and miscellanea in an existing online archive.



Media Coverage

Carlyle in Sickness and Health (Review)
Author(s): Simon Heffer
Publication: The New Criterion
Date: 1/1/2024
Abstract: A review of the final volume 50 of The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle and a general appraisal of the entire series.
URL: http://newcriterion.com

Mainly Puddling (Review)
Author(s): Stefan Collini
Publication: London Review of Books
Date: 12/14/2023
Abstract: A review of the final volume 50 of the Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle and an appraisal of the entire project.
URL: http://www.mylrb.co.uk