On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

A collection of seven essays which includes The Hero as Divinity, The Hero as Prophet, The Hero as Poet, The Hero as Priest, The Hero as Man of Letters, and The Hero as King. Carlyle's observations on Odin, Mahomet, Dante, Shakespeare, Luther, Knox, Johnson, Rousseau, Burns, Cromwell, and Napoleon.