William Hazlitt: 46 books

The greatest art critic of his age, William Hazlitt is celebrated for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt was an influential drama critic, social commentator and philosopher, now widely considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language. This comprehensive...

This carefully crafted ebook: “Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Man Behind The Lyrics (Complete Illustrated Edition)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who,...

This collection includes: Characters of Shakespeare's Plays, Lectrues on the English Poets, Liber Amoris, The Spirit of the Ag, and Table-Talk. According to Wikipedia: "William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 18 September 1830) was an English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism,...

This early work by William Hazlitt is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a collection of essays on various subjects by one of the unsung masters of the English language. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in English literature....

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was an English critic, social commentator and essayist. In this compendium of impressions of his contemporaries, Hazlitt’s cutting and witty style both celebrates and critiques the intellectual landscape of his time. The collection includes poets, authors, politicians...

The present selection of Hazlitt's critical essays has been planned to serve two important purposes. In the first place it provides the materials for an estimate of the character and scope of Hazlitt's contributions to criticism and so acquaints students with one of the greatest of English critics. And...

Appearing as part of his Table-Talk series, a conversational series written on topics concerning every day issues, William Hazlitt wrote "On the Pleasure of Hating" in 1823 during a bitter period of his life, amidst rising controversy over his previous works, as well as the dissolution of his marriage....

This volume includes complete works by John Awdeley, Thomas Harman, William Hazlitt, and others. The first work, “The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare’s Youth, itself, is a collection that includes “Fraternitye of Vacabondes,” by John Awdeley, and “Caveat,” by Thomas Harman,...

English essayist William Hazlitt was a respected writer and lecturer on range of literary subjects, from the characters in Shakespeare’s plays to the English comic writers to Milton’s poetry. This collection of essays, indispensable for students of literature, was drawn from a series of Hazlitt’s...

English essayist William Hazlitt demonstrates the inseparable connection between laughter and tears in this extraordinary collection of lectures. Proposing that both comedy and tragedy are intensely concerned with the human condition, Hazlitt examines the similar foundations of the two, making his case with his characteristic eloquence and verve.

According to Wikipedia: "William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt was a prominent English literary critic, grammarian and philosopher. He is considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in English,[1][2]...

In 1819, William Hazlitt, writer, radical journalist and philosopher, fallen upon harder times, moved into new lodgings, and fell in love with the maid, Sarah Walker. As his friends deserted him, and the establishment and the right-wing press attacked him, Hazlitt fell madly, hopelessly in...

William Hazlitt was an English writer, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners is a turn of the century collection of some of Hazlitt's ruminations on social customs. It's a great look at contemporary Victorian culture for modern readers.  

Collection of essays covering Bentham, Godwin, Coleridge, Irving, Scott, Byron, Wordsworth, Malthus, and others.According to Wikipedia: "William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt was a prominent English...