On heroes, hero-worship, & the heroic in history

by Thomas Carlyle

Blurb

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History is a book by Thomas Carlyle, published with James Fraser, London, in 1841.
It is a collection of six lectures given in May 1840.
1. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology
2. The Hero as Prophet. Muhammad: Islam
3. The Hero as Poet. Dante; Shakespeare
4. The Hero as Priest. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism
5. The Hero as Man of Letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns
6. The Hero as King. Cromwell. Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism

First Published

1841

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