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

By Thomas Carlyle

LECTURES ON HEROES.

LECTURE I. THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. - [May 5, 1840.]

LECTURE II. THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM. - [May 8, 1840.]

LECTURE III. THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE. - [May 12, 1840.]

LECTURE IV. THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM. - [May 15, 1840.]

LECTURE V. THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS. - [May 19, 1840.]

LECTURE VI. THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM. - [May 22, 1840.]