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William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.

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English essayist and writer

Born 10 Apr 1778
Died 18 Sep 1830

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  • Cover of: Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China: during the years 1844-5-6.
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  • Cover of: Table talk: essays on men and manners
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    Cover of edition tabletalkessayso00hazlrich Cover of edition tabletalkesgeor00hazluoft Cover of edition tabletalkessayso00hazluoft Cover of edition tabletalkessays00hazl Cover of edition tabletalkorigina00hazl Cover of edition tabletalkorigina01hazluoft Cover of edition tabletalkororig01hazlgoog Cover of edition tabletalkopinio01hazlgoog First published in 1821 — 40 editions
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  • Cover of: The spirit of the age: or, Contemporary portraits.
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    Cover of edition spiritofageorcon00hazluoft Cover of edition spiritageorcont08hazlgoog Cover of edition spiritofage18250000hazl Cover of edition spiritofage18250000hazl_y6r3 First published in 1825 — 29 editions
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  • Cover of: Characters of Shakspeare's plays
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  • Cover of: The Round table: a collection of essays on literature, men, and manners.
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  • Cover of: Lectures on the English comic writers.: Delivered at the Surry Institution.
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  • Cover of: Lectures on the English poets: [and] The spirit of the age; or contemporary portraits.
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  • Cover of: Sketches and essays
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    Cover of edition sketchesessay00hazl First published in 1839 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Collected works.: An index to the Collected works of William Hazlitt
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    Cover of edition collectedworksed04hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksed03hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksed11hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksed07hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksan00hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksed08hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksed06hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksed05hazluoft Cover of edition collectedworksed02hazluoft First published in 1902 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The plain speaker: opinions on books, men, and things.
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  • Cover of: Selected essays of William Hazlitt, 1778: 1830
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  • Cover of: The collected works of William Hazlitt
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    First published in 1902 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The Spirit Of The Age Or Contemporary Portraits

    First published in 1954 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

    First published in 1916 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Lectures on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth.: 3d ed.
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  • Cover of: life of Napoleon Buonaparte.
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  • Cover of: History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its Causes, and Its Consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and on the Continent

    First published in 2011 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

    First published in 2009 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Table-Talk

    First published in 2013 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Liber Amoris Or The New Pygmalion

    First published in 1823 — 8 editions
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English essayist and writer

Born 10 Apr 1778
Died 18 Sep 1830

Subjects

History and criticism, English literature, English poetry, Characters, English wit and humor, English drama, Intellectual life, Characters and characteristics, History, Biography, Actors, English Authors, English Poets, Theater, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation, English essays, Art, Art museums, Hazlitt, william, 1778-1830, Philosophy, Politics and government, Relations with women, Acting, Great Britain

Places

England, Great Britain, France, London, Grande-Bretagne, Alabama, Araby, Araby bazaar, Asia, Bellissime, Calcutta, Central Asia, China, Europe, India, La Folle's cabin, Lhasa, Louisiana, Mongolia, Mongolie, North Richmond Street, Owl Creek Bridge, Région autonome du Tibet (Chine), Surrey, Tartary

People

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), William Hazlitt (1778-1830), Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), David Hartley (1705-1757), Helvétius (1715-1771), William Hogarth (1697-1764), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), William Cobbett (1763-1835), William Gifford (1756-1826), George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824), John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Robert Southey (1774-1843), Walter Scott Sir (1771-1832), William Godwin (1756-1836), William Pitt (1759-1806), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Alfred Doolittle, Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu duc de (1585-1642), Charles Lamb (1775-1834), Cheri, Chéri’s mother, Colonel Pickering, Doctor Bonfils

Time

19th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, 18th century, 1789-1815, 1603-1714, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, 16th century, 1714-1820, 1714-1760, 1760-1820, 1789-1820, 1800-1837, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 1912, American Civil War, Civil War, Early modern (to 1700), Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1700, Renaissance, 1450-1600, To 1900, carnival

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Alternative names

  • Hazlitt, William
  • William HAZLITT
  • William 1778-1830 Author Hazlitt
  • William 1778-1830 Hazlitt
  • William, Hazlitt
  • WILLIAM HAZLITT
  • : William Hazlitt
  • william hazlitt

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April 30, 2025 Edited by Tauriel063 merge authors
October 16, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
August 18, 2018 Edited by dcapillae Added bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import