Hero and Hero Worship

Author: (British) Carlyle, translated by He Xin
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Publish Date: 1998-03-01
Features: This translation of "Heroes and Hero Worship" is based on the version from the American Houghton Mifflin Company's Riverside Literature Series. The original book was edited by John Chester Adams, a professor of English at Yale University, and includes extremely detailed annotations along with a long preface. The preface introduces Carlyle's life, the style of "Heroes and Hero Worship," and Carlyle's "heroism concept." The translation adopts all of Adams' annotations, with additional notes by the translator marked as "Translator's Note." Adams' long preface is also fully translated. The translator lists all of Carlyle's works and their publication dates after the preface for reference.