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| Name: |
William Hazlitt | | Birth Date: |
April 10, 1778 | | Death Date: |
September 18, 1830 | | Place of Birth: |
Maidstone, England | | Place of Death: |
Paris, France | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
critic, writer |
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 Biography of William Hazlitt
631 words, approx. 2 pages
 The English literary and social critic William Hazlitt (1778-1830) is best known for his informal essays, which are elegantly written and cover a wide range of subjects. Born at Maidstone, Kent, on April 10, 1778, William Hazlitt was the son of the... summary from source:
 Biography of William Hazlitt
15,272 words, approx. 51 pages
 Among the notable themes in William Hazlitt's essays are the disappointments in his life. He failed in love and in social life; yet he recognized his intellectual superiority and exercised it in essays, reviews, and books throughout his fifty-two... summary from source:
Biography of William Hazlitt
4,602 words, approx. 15 pages
William Hazlitt is best known to modern readers as the author of essays such as "On Going a Journey" and "Indian Jugglers." The face he presented to his contemporaries was not always as accommodating as that of the speaker in the familiar essays,... 
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 William Hazlitt Quotes
7,761 words, approx. 26 pages
William Hazlitt ( 1778-04-10 – 1830-09-18 ) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. He is sometimes esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson . Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Eloquence...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Hazlitt, William (1778–1830) Summary
996 words, approx. 3 pagesHazlitt, William(1778–1830) William Hazlitt, the English essayist, journalist, and critic, began his literary career as a "metaphysician," and the principles of his youthful philosophical writing survived to govern his thought... summary from source:
 William Hazlitt Information
1,379 words, approx. 5 pages
William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, often esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson. Indeed, Hazlitt's writings and remarks...
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 Philological Quarterly Hazlitt and the real language of poetry.(William Hazlitt)
03/22/1996: 7,027 words, approx. 23 pages William Hazlitt's 19th century poetics uses an idea of mental power. This power goes beyond empiricism, and is a form of imagination which can lead to transcendental experience. Thus, the mind is superior to the senses, and this is the attitude in his 'Essay... summary from source:
Wordsworth Circle The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt.(Book Review)
09/22/2004: 930 words, approx. 3 pages William Hazlitt, The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt, ed. Duncan Wu 9 Vols (Pickering and Chatto Publishers, 1998) 3656 pp. $10935.00 This edition includes in nine handsome volumes the fullest selection of Hazlitt's work currently available. Because for many years the... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Painter Jules Olitski Transported His Viewers To Virtual Outer Space
10/9/2005: 671 words, approx. 2 pagesIt was the 19th-century British critic William Hazlitt who shrewdly observed that writers “who lack delicacy hold us in their power”; the same might be said of certain painters. One of them is the American artist Jules Olitski (b. 1922), whose paintings are currently the... summary from source:
The New York Observer An Eminent Art Historian Says Thanks for Nothing
12/3/2006: 975 words, approx. 3 pagesWhen someone who was once at the helm of MoMA promises to confront our uncertainties about the last five decades of nonrepresentational art, it’s worth taking notice. But despite the clear and perceptive intelligence of author Kirk Varnedoe (1946-2003), Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Laurie Kane Lew
18,625 words, approx. 62 pages
In the following essay, Lew discusses Hazlitt's essays as a series of portraits from which Lew determines his theory of memory and his understanding of artistic appreciation.
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Critical Essay by Marilyn Butler
8,404 words, approx. 28 pages
In this essay, Butler examines the satirical elements that appear in some Romantic writings, as well as the extent to which Liber Amoris can be considered a satiric commentary on contemporary doctrines of the imagination.
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William Hazlitt by Gabriela Mistral | |
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