On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sorensen, David R., 1953- (Editor), Kinser, Brent E. (Editor), Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Series:Rethinking the Western tradition.
Subjects:
Carlyle, Thomas > 1795-1881 > On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history
Heroes.
Hero worship.
Héros.
Héros > Culte.
heroes.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Hero worship
Heroes
Heroismus
Heldenverehrung
Held
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
  • 'The Tone of the Preacher': Carlyle as Public Lecturer in On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History / by Owen Dudley Edwards
  • In Defense of 'Religiosity': Carlyle, Mahomet, and the Force of Faith in History / by David R. Sorensen
  • 'The First of the Moderns': Carlyle's Goethe and the Consequences / by Terence James Reed
  • Carlyle, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the Hero as Victorian Poet / by Beverly Taylor
  • 'Leading human souls to what is best': Carlyle, Ruskin, and Hero-Worship / by Sarah Atwood
  • 'Wild Annandale Grapeshot': Carlyle, Scotland, and the Heroic / by Christopher Harvie
  • Thomas Carlyle, Social Media, and the Digital Age of Revolution / by Brent E. Kinser.

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