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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
The greatest and most enduring of the prophets of the Victorian era, Thomas Carlyle was prescient about the importance of heroism in defining a nation's ambition and character. First published in 1841, his On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History established a foundation for historical studies that has lost none of its importance in an age of sports, photo-ops, and cable news.
From its first pages the book recognizes the intimate connections between heroism and myth. Beginning with the legends of Odin, lord of the Nordic gods, Carlyle describes major forms that heroism can take: in god, poet, warrior, priest, prophet, and king.
ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP, AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY 1
LECTURE I. THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. 3
[MAY 5, 1840.]
LECTURE II. THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM. 26
[MAY 8, 1840.]
LECTURE III. THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE. 46
[MAY 12, 1840.]
LECTURE IV. THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM. 67
[MAY 15, 1840.]
LECTURE V. THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS. 89
[MAY 19, 1840.]
LECTURE VI. THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM. 113
[MAY 22, 1840.]
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