On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history (Record no. 1971)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780300148602
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 824.8CAR
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Personal name Carlyle, Thomas
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Title On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Haven
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Yale University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
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Extent 348P. ; 21 cm.
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General note Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
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Summary, etc. Based on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle's On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History considers the creation of heroes and the ways they exert heroic leadership. From the divine and prophetic (Odin and Muhammad) to the poetic (Dante and Shakespeare) to the religious (Luther and Knox) to the political (Cromwell and Napoleon), Carlyle investigates the mysterious qualities that elevate humans to cultural significance. By situating the text in the context of six essays by distinguished scholars that reevaluate both Carlyle's work and his ideas, David Sorensen and Brent Kinser argue that Carlyle's concept of heroism stresses the hero's spiritual dimension. In Carlyle's engagement with various heroic personalities, he dislodges religiosity from religion, myth from history, and truth from "quackery" as he describes the wondrous ways in which these "flowing light-fountains" unlock the heroic potential of ordinary human beings
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Heroes.
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