WorkThomas Carlyle
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841), Lecture II, 'The Hero as Prophet. Mahomet' Inferred
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) · 1841
InferredFuller uses the phrase "Word-Hero" in quotation marks as a Carlylean critical term, likely drawn from Carlyle's * where Carlyle contrasts authentic heroism with mere verbal performance. The specific work is not named, but the context strongly suggests this identification.
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Documented 1842–1845
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“he was like your father, a man all whose virtues had stood the test; he was no 'Word-Hero.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. III. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.
Inferred Fuller uses the phrase "Word-Hero" in quotation marks as a Carlylean critical term, likely drawn from Carlyle's * where Carlyle contrasts authentic heroism with mere verbal performance.
“Sometimes a great success has followed the portraits painted by him in the light of such faith, as with regard to Mahomet, for instance.”
Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860.
Inferred The specific work is not named, but the context strongly suggests this identification.