On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in HistoryUniversity of California Press, 1993 M06 7 - 622 pages 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. |
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... of Editorial Decisions 431 Line - End Hyphens in the Copy - Text 441 Line - End Hyphens in the Present Text 443 Historical Collation 445 Index 487 This page intentionally left blank ILLUSTRATIONS Following page ciii 1. Contents.
... of Editorial Decisions 431 Line - End Hyphens in the Copy - Text 441 Line - End Hyphens in the Present Text 443 Historical Collation 445 Index 487 This page intentionally left blank ILLUSTRATIONS Following page ciii 1. Contents.
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... present text by page and line number . To facilitate reading , we present Carlyle's work as clear text , without added editorial or reference symbols . The historical introduction is intended to elaborate the signifi- cance of the work ...
... present text by page and line number . To facilitate reading , we present Carlyle's work as clear text , without added editorial or reference symbols . The historical introduction is intended to elaborate the signifi- cance of the work ...
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... present and future may build the often - changing struc- tures of cultural analysis . We have resisted the temptation to impose our own readings , offering instead the essential materials for interpre- tation , hoping thereby to ...
... present and future may build the often - changing struc- tures of cultural analysis . We have resisted the temptation to impose our own readings , offering instead the essential materials for interpre- tation , hoping thereby to ...
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... present staff including Dorene Blake , Tom Graves , and T. Lark Letchworth — and notably Linda M. Hooper , who gave us indispensable assistance with production and layout— and its director , Professor John O. Jordan , without whom our ...
... present staff including Dorene Blake , Tom Graves , and T. Lark Letchworth — and notably Linda M. Hooper , who gave us indispensable assistance with production and layout— and its director , Professor John O. Jordan , without whom our ...
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... Present . 1843 Past and Present published . 1844 John Sterling dies . 1845 1847 1848 1849 Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches published . Emerson visits England and spends time with the Carlyles . Carlyle meets Sir Robert Peel , whom ...
... Present . 1843 Past and Present published . 1844 John Sterling dies . 1845 1847 1848 1849 Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches published . Emerson visits England and spends time with the Carlyles . Carlyle meets Sir Robert Peel , whom ...
Contents
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Note on the Text | lxxxi |
On Heroes HeroWorship and the Heroic in History | 1 |
Notes | 227 |
Works Cited | 393 |
Textual Apparatus | 419 |
Index | 487 |
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