On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History is a book by Thomas Carlyle, published by James Fraser, London, in 1841. It is a collection of six lectures given in May 1840.
(5 May) The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology
(8 May) The Hero as Prophet. Muhammad: Islam
(12 May) The Hero as Poet. Dante; Shakespeare
(15 May) The Hero as Priest. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism
(19 May) The Hero as Man of Letters. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns
(22 May) The Hero as King. Cromwell. Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism