Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- LECTURE I THE HERO AS DIVINITY. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology
- LECTURE II THE HERO AS PROPHET. Mahomet: Islam
- LECTURE III THE HERO AS POET. Dante; Shakspeare
- LECTURE IV THE HERO AS PRIEST. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism
- LECTURE V THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns
- LECTURE VI THE HERO AS KING. Cromwell, Napoleon. Modern Revolutionism
- SUMMARY
- INDEX
- Plate section
SUMMARY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- LECTURE I THE HERO AS DIVINITY. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology
- LECTURE II THE HERO AS PROPHET. Mahomet: Islam
- LECTURE III THE HERO AS POET. Dante; Shakspeare
- LECTURE IV THE HERO AS PRIEST. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism
- LECTURE V THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns
- LECTURE VI THE HERO AS KING. Cromwell, Napoleon. Modern Revolutionism
- SUMMARY
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary

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- The Works of Thomas Carlyle , pp. 245 - 252Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1897