Essays by William Hazlitt

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Essays by William Hazlitt
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Essays by William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt
Edition year 1964
Binding Buckram
Weight 0.75 Kg
Pages 164
Dimensions 22.8 × 14.8 cm

Edition details

Essays by William Hazlitt. Edited with an introduction by Rosalind Vallance and John Hampden. 18 wood-engraved vignettes by Frank Martin. Full dark red buckram binding with a design in gold. Endleaves with a repeat pattern in green by Martin. Red or grey-green slipcase. 22.8x14.8cm. 164pp.

About the book

William Hazlitt's essays range across literature, politics, art, theatre and everyday character, combining intellectual force with an intensely personal style. A major critic of the Romantic period, Hazlitt wrote memorable portraits of Shakespeare, contemporary writers, actors and public figures while defending independence of thought. His prose is celebrated for its energy, argument and ability to connect abstract ideas with lived experience.

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