william hazlitt

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Definition of william hazlitt in English English dictionary

a British writer and critic known for his essays on many subjects, especially literature. His best-known collection of essays is called Table Talk (1778-1830). born April 10, 1778, Maidstone, Kent, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1830, Soho, London British essayist. He studied for the ministry, but to remedy his poverty he became instead a prolific critic, essayist, and lecturer. He began contributing to journals, notably to The Examiner, and to essay collections, such as The Round Table (1817). His lecture courses were published as On the English Poets (1818) and On the English Comic Writers (1819). Many of his most brilliant essays appeared in his two best-known books, Table Talk (1821) and The Plain Speaker (1826). The Spirit of the Age (1825) contains some of his most effective writing

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Wil·liam Haz·litt