On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History: by: Thomas Carlyle ( From its first pages the book recognizes the intimate connections between her by Thomas Carlyle

On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History: by: Thomas Carlyle ( From its first pages the book recognizes the intimate connections between her

Thomas Carlyle

126 pages • first pub 1841 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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From its first pages the book recognizes the intimate connections between heroism and myth. Beginning with the legends of Odin, lord of the Nordic gods, Carlyle describes major forms that heroism can take: in god, poet, warrior, priest, prophet, a...

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