On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history / Thomas Carlyle ; edited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser ; with essays by Sarah Atwood, Owen Dudley Edwards, Christopher Harvie, Brent E. Kinser, Terence James Reed, David R. Sorensen, Beverly Taylor.

"Based on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle's On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History considers the creation of heroes and the ways they exert heroic leadership. From the divine and prophetic (Odin and Muhammad) to the poetic (Dante and Shakespeare) to the r...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Sorensen, David R., 1953- (Editor), Kinser, Brent E. (Editor), Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Series:	Rethinking the Western tradition.
Subjects:	Heroes. Hero worship.