April 2, 2025
1904 ON HEROES HERO WORSHIP THOMAS CARLYLE DANTE SHAKESPEARE ISLAM MYTHOLOGY $$$
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(PICTURES BELOW DESCRIPTION)ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP ANDTHE HEROIC IN HISTORY1904; Thomas Carlyle; Charles Scribner's Sons; Rebound Leather, J.W. Meyer Bindery ; Illustrated; 255 Pages; w5.9"xh8.1"; Rare!!!Great For any Fan of the Famous Author or Collector. Great Gift Idea!!!ATTRIBUTES:A Lovely green cloth cover design with leather binding/corners, gold borders, pretty gold binding, gold tops of pages, marble end pages, a lovely frontispiece with two other nice illustrations, and a Great Read from the Famed Author!!!SUMMARY:On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History is a book by Thomas Carlyle , published with James Fraser , London, in 1841.It is a collection of six lectures given in May 1840.1. (5 May) The Hero as Divinity. Odin . Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology 2. (8 May) The Hero as Prophet. Muhammad : Islam 3. (12 May) The Hero as Poet. Dante ; Shakespeare 4. (15 May) The Hero as Priest. Luther ; Reformation : Knox ; Puritanism 5. (19 May) The Hero as Man of Letters. Johnson , Rousseau , Burns 6. (22 May) The Hero as King. Cromwell . Napoleon : Modern RevolutionismThese ideas were influential in the development of Socialism, but - like the opinions of many deep thinkers of the time - are also considered to have influenced the rise of Fascism. Carlyle moved towards his later thinking during the 1840s, leading to a break
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