On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History
by Thomas Carlyle
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About this eBook
- Author
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
- Title
- On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
- Credits
- Produced by Ron Burkey, and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Hero worship
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 1091
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1091
- Release Date
- November 1, 1997
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP, AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY
- 2.By Thomas Carlyle
- 3.Contents — LECTURES ON HEROES.
- 4.LECTURE I. THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. — [May 5, 1840.]
- 5.LECTURE II. THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM. — [May 8, 1840.]
- 6.LECTURE III. THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE. — [May 12, 1840.]
- 7.LECTURE IV. THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM. — [May 15, 1840.]
- 8.LECTURE V. THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS. — [May 19, 1840.]
- 9.LECTURE VI. THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM. — [May 22, 1840.]
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