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On heroes, hero-worship, & the heroic in history / / notes and introduction by Michael K. Goldberg ; text established by Michael K. Goldberg, Joel J. Brattin, and Mark Engel



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Autore: Carlyle Thomas <1795-1881.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: On heroes, hero-worship, & the heroic in history / / notes and introduction by Michael K. Goldberg ; text established by Michael K. Goldberg, Joel J. Brattin, and Mark Engel Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1993
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (638 p.)
Disciplina: 824/.8
Soggetto topico: Heroes
Hero worship
Soggetto non controllato: 19th century
ambition
biography
british literature
classics
conservatism
dante
english history
english literature
essays
great britain
great men
great works
hero worship
history
individualism
leadership
legacy
literary criticism
literature
luther
muhammed
napoleon
nonfiction
philosophy
political science
profile
psychology
role models
social commentary
success
victorian culture
victorian manhood
victorian masculinity
victorian prose
victorian
world history
Altri autori: GoldbergM. K <1930-> (Michael K.)  
BrattinJoel J. <1956->  
EngelMark  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history. Published the following year and eventually translated into fifteen languages, this imaginative work of history, comparative religion, and literature is the most influential statement of a man who came to be thought of as a secular prophet and the "undoubted head of English letters" (Emerson). His vivid portraits of Muhammad, Dante, Luther, Napoleon-just a few of the individuals Carlyle celebrated for changing the course of world history-made On Heroes a challenge to the anonymous social forces threatening to control life during the Industrial Revolution.In eight volumes, The Strouse Edition will provide the texts of Carlyle's major works edited for the first time to contemporary scholarly standards. For the general reader, its detailed introductions and annotations will offer insight into the author's thought and a reconstruction of the diverse and often arcane Carlylean sources.
Altri titoli varianti: On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history
Titolo autorizzato: On heroes, hero-worship, & the heroic in history  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35665-8
9786612356650
0-520-91153-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814631303321
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Serie: The Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle