On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

Thomas Carlyle

Published by University of California Press 1993

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

Thomas Carlyle

Volume 1 in the series The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520911536

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In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history. Published the following year and eventually translated into fifteen languages, this imaginative work of history, comparative religion, and literature is the most influential statement of a man who came to be thought of as a secular prophet and the "undoubted head of English letters" (Emerson). His vivid portraits of Muhammad, Dante, Luther, Napoleon—just a few of the individuals Carlyle celebrated for changing the course of world history—made On Heroes a challenge to the anonymous social forces threatening to control life during the Industrial Revolution.

In eight volumes, The Strouse Edition will provide the texts of Carlyle's major works edited for the first time to contemporary scholarly standards. For the general reader, its detailed introductions and annotations will offer insight into the author's thought and a reconstruction of the diverse and often arcane Carlylean sources.

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Carlyle Thomas :

Michael K. Goldberg is Professor of English, University of British Columbia. He has written widely on the 19th century including Carlyle and Dickens (Georgia, 1972). Joel J. Brattin is Assistant Professor in the Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mark Engel is a student of philosophy, a professional editor, and an independent scholar.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Chronology of Carlyle's Life Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Note on the Text Publicly Available Download PDF	lxxxi
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Lecture II. The Hero as Prophet. Mahomet: Islam. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Lecture III. The Hero as Poet. Dante; Shakspeare. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Lecture IV. The Hero as Priest. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Lecture V. The Hero as Man of Letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Lecture VI. The Hero as King. Cromwell, Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Appendix: 1858 Summary and Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Textual Apparatus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	487

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
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Published: June 7, 1993
ISBN: 9780520911536