num_pages: 194
description: Carlyle's belief in the importance of heroic leadership found form in this book, in which he compares different types of heroes. By the Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era.
language: English
title: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
titlecomplete: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
characters: Martin Luther, Samuel Johnson, William Shakespeare, Odin (deity), Oliver Cromwell, Dante Alighieri, Muhammad (Quran), Robert Burns, John Knox, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Napoléon Bonaparte
genres: 19th Century, Essays, Classics, History, Politics, Philosophy, Religion, Nonfiction, Mythology, Literature
ratings_count: 813
publisher: Dodo Press