On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in

Thomas Carlyle

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Introduction

In this book based on a series of lectures he gave, Carlyle compares a wide range of heroes such as Odin, Napoleon, Samuel Johnson, Martin Luther and others. He analyses what made them successful, how they handled adversity and other aspects of heroism.

 

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