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

by Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

10 chapters, about 89,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. LECTURE I. THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. 14,600 words
2. LECTURE II. THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM. 13,100 words
3. LECTURE III. THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE. 13,500 words
4. LECTURE IV. THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM. 13,700 words
5. LECTURE V. THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS. 14,800 words
6. LECTURE VI. THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM. 17,200 words
7. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE 1,300 words
8. 1.F. 600 words
9. Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg™ 300 words
10. Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg™ electronic works 100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Allah
• Hero
• Napoleon
• Paganism
• Poet
• Reformation

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