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

LECTURE I - THE HERO AS DIVINITY.  ODIN.  PAGANISM:  SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY.

LECTURE II - THE HERO AS PROPHET.  MAHOMET:  ISLAM.

LECTURE III - THE HERO AS POET.  DANTE:  SHAKSPEARE.

LECTURE IV - THE HERO AS PRIEST.  LUTHER; REFORMATION:  KNOX; PURITANISM.

LECTURE V - THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS.  JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS.

LECTURE VI - THE HERO AS KING.  CROMWELL, NAPOLEON:  MODERN REVOLUTIONISM.

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