Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
CONTENTS
Chronology of Carlyle's Life
Introduction
Note on the Text
On Heroes, Hero- Worship, and the Heroic in History
Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity
Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology
Lecture II. The Hero as Prophet
Mahomet: Islam
Lecture III. The Hero as Poet
Dante; Shakspeare
Lecture IV. The Hero as Priest
Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism
Lecture V. The Hero as Man of Letters
Johnson, Rousseau, Burns
Lecture VI. The Hero as King
Cromwell, Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism
Appendix: 1858 Summary and Index
Notes
Works Cited
Textual Apparatus
Emendations of the Copy-Text
Discussion of Editorial Decisions
Line-End Hyphens in the Copy-Text
Line-End Hyphens in the Present Text
Historical Collation
Index
 

About the Author

Michael K. Goldberg is Professor of English, University of British Columbia. He has written widely on the 19th century including Carlyle and Dickens (Georgia, 1972). Joel J. Brattin is Assistant Professor in the Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mark Engel is a student of philosophy, a professional editor, and an independent scholar.