On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
Thomas Carlyle
- THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY
- THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM
- THE HERO AS POET. DANTE; SHAKSPEARE.
- LECTURE IV THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM.
- LECTURE V THE HERO AS A MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS.
- LECTURE VI THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM.
- THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
