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Selected Writings
William Hazlitt
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Description for Selected Writings
Paperback. Editor(s): Cook, Jon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama, and painting, biographer, political commentator, and polemicist. What unites this variety is his dramatic and passionate intelligence, his unswerving commitment to individual and political liberty, and his courageous opposition to established political and cultural power. Hailed in 1819 as `one of the ablest and most eloquent critics of our nation', Hazlitt was also reviled for his political radicalism by the conservative press of the period. His writing engages with many of the important cultural and political debates of a revolutionary period, and retains ... Read more
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama, and painting, biographer, political commentator, and polemicist. What unites this variety is his dramatic and passionate intelligence, his unswerving commitment to individual and political liberty, and his courageous opposition to established political and cultural power. Hailed in 1819 as `one of the ablest and most eloquent critics of our nation', Hazlitt was also reviled for his political radicalism by the conservative press of the period. His writing engages with many of the important cultural and political debates of a revolutionary period, and retains ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199552528
SKU
V9780199552528
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Reviews for Selected Writings
I recommend the Selected Writings of Hazlitt edited by Jan Cook, and the most recent biography, Hazlitt, A Life, by Stanley Jones.
Ottawa Citizen, 13 July 1997
Ottawa Citizen, 13 July 1997