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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Rethinking the Western Tradition SeriesPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (359 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300148626
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in HistoryDDC classification:
  • 824.8
LOC classification:
  • PR4426.A2S67 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History -- Lecture 1. The Hero as Divinity -- Lecture 2. The Hero as Prophet -- Lecture 3. The Hero as Poet -- Lecture 4. The Hero as Priest -- Lecture 5. The Hero as Man of Letters -- Lecture 6. The Hero as King -- Essays -- ''The Tone of the Preacher'': Carlyle as Public Lecturer in On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History -- In Defense of ''Religiosity'': Carlyle, Mahomet, and the Force of Faith in History -- ''The First of the Moderns'': Carlyle's Goethe and the Consequences -- Carlyle, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the Hero as Victorian Poet -- ''Leading human souls to what is best'': Carlyle, Ruskin, and Hero-Worship -- ''Wild Annandale Grapeshot'': Carlyle, Scotland, and the Heroic -- Thomas Carlyle, Social Media, and the Digital Age of Revolution -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Works Cited -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History -- Lecture 1. The Hero as Divinity -- Lecture 2. The Hero as Prophet -- Lecture 3. The Hero as Poet -- Lecture 4. The Hero as Priest -- Lecture 5. The Hero as Man of Letters -- Lecture 6. The Hero as King -- Essays -- ''The Tone of the Preacher'': Carlyle as Public Lecturer in On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History -- In Defense of ''Religiosity'': Carlyle, Mahomet, and the Force of Faith in History -- ''The First of the Moderns'': Carlyle's Goethe and the Consequences -- Carlyle, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the Hero as Victorian Poet -- ''Leading human souls to what is best'': Carlyle, Ruskin, and Hero-Worship -- ''Wild Annandale Grapeshot'': Carlyle, Scotland, and the Heroic -- Thomas Carlyle, Social Media, and the Digital Age of Revolution -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Works Cited -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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