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