Author:William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
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English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, esteemed as one of the greatest, in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell; father of William Hazlitt, grandfather of William Carew Hazlitt. 
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Works
Books
- The collected works of William Hazlitt (1902) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3, IA 4, IA 5, IA 6, IA 7, IA 8, IA 9, IA 10, IA 11, IA 12 IA
[v. 1] The Round table. Characters of Shakespear's plays. A letter to William Gifford, esq.--[v. 2] Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics.--[v. 3] Free thoughts on public affairs. Political essays. Advertisement, etc., from The eloquence of the British senate.--[v. 4] A reply to Malthus. The spirit of the age, etc.--[v. 5] Lectures on the English poets and on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth, etc.--[v. 6] Table talk and Conversations of James Northcote, esq., R.A.--[v. 7] The plain speaker. Essay on the principles of human action, etc.--[v. 8] Lectures on the English comic writers. A view of the English stage. Dramatic essays from 'The London magazine.'--[v. 9] The principal picture-galleries in England. Notes of a journey through France and Italy. Miscellaneous essays on the fine arts.--[v. 10] Contributions to the Edinburgh review.--[v. 11-12] Fugitive writings
- An Essay on the Principles of Human Action (1805) (transcription project)
- An abridgment of "The light of nature pursued", by Abraham Tucker (1807) IA
- A reply to the Essay on population, by Thomas Robert Malthus (1807) IA
- The Eloquence of the British Senate (1808) IA 1, IA 2
- Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft (1816) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3
- Characters of Shakespear's Plays (1817)
- The Round Table (1817) IA 1, IA 2
- Lectures on the English Poets (1818) IA
- Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819) IA
- Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters (1819)
- A letter to William Gifford, esq. from William Hazlitt, esq. (1819)
- Lectures chiefly on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth (1820) IA
- A selection of speeches (1821) IA
- Table-Talk (1821–1822)
- Characteristics (1823) IA
- Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion (1823) IA
- Sketches of the principal picture-galleries in England (1824) IA
- The Spirit of the Age, or, Contemporary Portraits (1825)
- The Plain Speaker (1826) IA 1, IA 2
- Conversations of James Northcote (1830) IA
- The spirit of monarchy (1835) IA
- Essays on the Principles of Human Action (1835) (transcription project)
- Literary remains of the late William Hazlitt (1836) IA
- Sketches and essays (1839) IA
- Winterslow (1850) IA
- Men and Manners (1852)
- The life of Napoleon Buonaparte (1852) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3, IA 4
Essays
- The Fight
- My First Acquaintance with Poets
- Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen
- On the Pleasure of Hating
Works about Hazlitt
- "Hazlitt, William," by Richard Garnett in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 11) (1880)
- "Hazlitt, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- William Hazlitt, essayist and critic (1889), by Alexander Ireland, IA
- "William Hazlitt," in Men of Kent and Kentishmen (p. 68–69), by John Hutchinson, Canterbury: Cross & Jackman (1892)
- "Hazlitt, William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Hazlitt, William," by Richard Garnett in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Hazlitt on English literature (1913), by Jacob Zeitlin
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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