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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