Carlyle on heroes, hero-worship
Subtitle: and the heroic in history
By: ed. by A. MacMechan.
Contributors: MacMechan, Archibald, 1862-1933.
Series: Athenaeum press series
Publisher: Ginn
Published: 1901
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546; Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784; Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658; Heroes
Other titles: On heroes, Hero-worship, and the heroic in history.
Notes: Six lectures.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: The hero as divinity Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian mythology.; title: The hero as prophet. Mahomet: Islam.; title: The hero as poet: Dante; Shakespeare.; title: The hero as priest. Luther; reformation: Knox; puritanism.; title: The hero as man of letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns.; title: The hero as king. Cromwell, Napoleon: Modern revolutionism.