Selected Essays, 1778-1830

by William Hazlitt, Geoffrey L. Keynes (Editor)

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Genres: Essays, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Classics

828 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1830

About the author

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William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was an English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, and as a grammarian and philosopher. He is now considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell, but his work is currently little-read and mostly out of print. During his lifetime, he befriended many people who are now part of the 19th-century literary canon, including Charles and Mary Lamb, Stendhal, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.

Hazlitt was the son of the Unitarian minister and writer, William Hazlitt, who greatly influenced his work. Hazlitt's son, also called William Hazlitt, and grandson, William Carew Hazlitt, were also writers.

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Reviews

[Carolyn]

Selected is the problem here and I'm not certain they are complete.