托马斯·卡莱尔(1795-1881)生活在高度发达的英国维多利亚时期,是英国著名的历史学家、传记家、政论家和文学家。维多利亚女王在位期间(1837-1901),英国的国力进入鼎盛时期,成为地跨欧亚非三洲的殖民大国。在这个时期,大部分英国人沾沾自喜,以“日不落大不列颠子民”为荣,因此歌颂维多利亚社会的“宏大叙述”广泛见于舆论媒体和小说文化。纵观卡莱尔对当时英国社会、历史和文化的书写,他 Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) lives in the highly developed British Victorian era, is a famous British historian, biographer, political commentator and writer. During the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), Britain’s national strength entered its heyday and became a colonial power across Eurasia. During this period, most of the British were complacent and proud of the fact that “the British people were never on the list.” Therefore, the “grand narrative” of the Victorian society is widely seen in the media of opinion and in the culture of novels. Throughout Carlisle on the British society, history and culture writing, he