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On Heroes, Hero Worship, and The Heroic in History

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
393

Author
  
Thomas Carlyle

Followed by
  
Sartor Resartus

Country
  
United Kingdom

Publication date
  
1841

Originally published
  
1841

Page count
  
393

Publisher
  
James Fraser

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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. (5 May) The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology 2. (8 May) The Hero as Prophet. Muhammad: Islam 3. (12 May) The Hero as Poet. Dante; Shakespeare 4. (15 May) The Hero as Priest. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism 5. (19 May) The Hero as Man of Letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns 6. (22 May) The Hero as King. Cromwell. Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism

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