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

BOOK III

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I. INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY 156 II. CHURCH-CLOTHES 161 III. SYMBOLS 163 IV. HELOTAGE 170 V. THE PHOENIX 174 VI. OLD CLOTHES 179 VII. ORGANIC FILAMENTS 183 VIII. NATURAL SUPERNATURALISM 191 IX. CIRCUMSPECTIVE 201 X. THE DANDIACAL BODY 204 XI. TAILORS 216 XII. FAREWELL 219

APPENDIX--TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS 225

SUMMARY 231

ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP, AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY

LECTURE I THE HERO AS DIVINITY. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology 239

LECTURE II THE HERO AS PROPHET. Mahomet: Islam 277

LECTURE III THE HERO AS POET. Dante; Shakspeare 311

LECTURE IV THE HERO AS PRIEST. Luther; Reformation: Knox; Puritanism 346

LECTURE V THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. Johnson, Rousseau, Burns 383

LECTURE VI THE HERO AS KING. Cromwell, Napoleon: Modern Revolutionism 422

INDEX 469

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