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

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History is a book by Thomas Carlyle, published by James Fraser, London, in 1841.

It is a collection of six lectures given in May 1840.

2. (8 May) The Hero as Prophet. Muhammad: Islam

3. (12 May) The Hero as Poet. Dante; Shakespeare

4. (15 May) The Hero as Priest. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism

5. (19 May) The Hero as Man of Letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns

6. (22 May) The Hero as King. Cromwell. Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism

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People	William Allingham Jane Welsh Carlyle Ralph Waldo Emerson Francis Espinasse John Forster James Anthony Froude Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Leigh Hunt Edward Irving Kitty Kirkpatrick John Stuart Mill John Ruskin John Sterling
Places	Arched House Scotsbrig 21 Comely Bank Craigenputtock 5 Cheyne Row London Library Statue
Works	Sartor Resartus (1831) The French Revolution: A History (1837) On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History (1841) Past and Present (1843) Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches (1845) Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850) The Life of John Sterling (1851) History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great (1858–1865) Critical and Miscellaneous Essays "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" (1849) Reminiscences (1881) Correspondence with Emerson
Ideas	Captain of Industry Carlyle circle Condition-of-England Question Dismal Science Great Man theory Natural Supernaturalism Sage writing
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