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

by Thomas Carlyle

Overview

"Here one glimpses Carlyle as a nimble personality with stimulating ideas. What makes this edition especially welcome is Carl Niemeyer's astute introduction."-The Pacific Historian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781022970823
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/28/2025
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
CONTENTS
Chronology of Carlyle's Life
Introduction
Note on the Text
On Heroes, Hero- Worship, and the Heroic in History
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
Appendix: 1858 Summary and Index
Notes
Works Cited
Textual Apparatus
Emendations of the Copy-Text
Discussion of Editorial Decisions
Line-End Hyphens in the Copy-Text
Line-End Hyphens in the Present Text
Historical Collation
Index
 

What People are Saying About This

Rosemary Ashton

An excellent addition to Carlyle scholarship; it should also serve to widen the understanding of nineteenth-century literary and political thought among students of the period and lay readers alike.—Rosemary Ashton, author of Thomas and Jane Carlyle: Portrait of a Marriage and Victorian Bloomsbury

Editorial Reviews

On Heroes assembles a team of distinguished and world-famous authorities. They tackle head on some of the largest questions about Carlyle’s influence and reception after the lectures and, indeed, after his death.”—Francis O’Gorman, University of Leeds

Francis O’Gorman

This new edition promises to be an excellent addition to Carlyle scholarship.  It will widen the understanding of nineteenth-century literary and political thought among students of the period and lay readers alike.”—Rosemary Ashton, University College London

Rosemary Ashton

On Heroes assembles a team of distinguished and world-famous authorities. They tackle head on some of the largest questions about Carlyle’s influence and reception after the lectures and, indeed, after his death.”—Francis O’Gorman, University of Leeds

Francis O’Gorman

On Heroes assembles a team of distinguished and world-famous authorities. They tackle head on some of the largest questions about Carlyle’s influence and reception after the lectures and, indeed, after his death.”—Francis O’Gorman, University of Leeds

Francis O'Gorman