On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

from DinadansFriend

Oddly, not an inspiring book. There are six lectures filled with what I might call "Puffery" rather than information. Carlyle does have a theme, stating the "Great Man" theory, but it deals little with what makes his subject interesting to the modern reader. As a chid of the Kirk in Scotland he c...

from madepercy

Thomas Carlyle's lectures On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History were delivered in 1840, and published as a book in 1841 by James Fraser, London. My version is a public domain reprint of the 1912 version published by D.C. Heath, Boston, edited and with an introduction by Herbert S. Mu...

from antiquary

Easily Carlyle's best book of those I have read, without the tiresome self-indulgent digressions typical of much of his work. Personally, I broadly accept his thesis that individuals do have major historical impact (though not always with good results).

from antiquary

Easily Carlyle's best book of those I have read, without the tiresome self-indulgent digressions typical of much of his work. Personally, I broadly accept his thesis that individuals do have major historical impact (though not always with good results).