Carlyle on heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history
By: ed. by A. MacMechan
Contributors: MacMechan, Archibald, 1862-1933
Series: Athenaeum Press series; Athenæum Press series
Publisher: Ginn
Published: 1901
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Heroes
Other titles: On heroes, Hero-worship, and the heroic in history
Notes: Six lectures.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 1999. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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.