On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Heroes and Hero Worship, by Thomas Carlyle This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Heroes and Hero Worship Author: Thomas Carlyle Release Date: July 26, 2008 [EBook #1091] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HEROES AND HERO WORSHIP *** Produced by Ron Burkey, and David Widger ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP, AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY By Thomas Carlyle Transcriber's Note: The text is taken from the printed "Sterling Edition" of Carlyle's Complete Works, in 20 volumes, with the following modifications made in the etext version: Italicized text is delimited by underscores, thusly. The footnote (there is only one) has been embedded directly into text, in brackets, [thusly]. Greek text has been transliterated into Latin characters with the notation [Gr.] juxtaposed. Otherwise, the punctuation and spelling of the print version have been retained. Contents LECTURES ON HEROES. 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.