Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

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 eBook presents Hazlitt’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)


* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hazlitt’s life and works


* Concise introductions to the major collections and other texts


* ALL the major works, with individual contents tables


* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts


* Excellent formatting of the texts


* Special essays index, with chronological and alphabetical contents tables


* Easily locate the essays you want to read


* Includes Hazlitt’s rare essay collections – available in no other collection


* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Hazlitt’s contribution to literature


* Features a bonus biographies - discover Hazlitt’s literary life


* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres


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CONTENTS:


The Books


AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ACTION


FREE THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS


ADVERTISEMENT ETC. FROM ‘THE ELOQUENCE OF THE BRITISH SENATE’


THE ROUND TABLE


CHARACTERS OF SHAKESPEAR’S PLAYS


LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH POETS


A VIEW OF THE ENGLISH STAGE


TABLE-TALK


THE FIGHT


LIBER AMORIS


CHARACTERISTICS


SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL PICTURE-GALLERIES IN ENGLAND


THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE


THE PLAIN SPEAKER


NOTES OF A JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY


WINTERSLOW


HAZLITT ON ENGLISH LITERATURE


Essays Index


LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER


LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER


The Criticism


WILLIAM HAZLITT by Arthur Rickett


HAZLITT by George Saintsbury


WILLIAM HAZLITT by Leslie Stephen


WILLIAM HAZLITT by Augustine Birrell


INTRODUCTION TO WILLIAM HAZLITT by Jacob Zeitlin


The Biography


WILLIAM HAZLITT by Leslie Stephen


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