The selected writings of William Hazlitt. Vol. 8 (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Works.
• Further Information: Note: [editor, Duncan Wu].
• Authors: Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830
• Editors: Wu, Duncan
• Contents: List of abbreviations -- Introductory note -- Text -- Manuscripts -- Reception -- Brief biographical directory of selected personages -- T he Plain -- I On the Prose-Style of Poets -- Essay II On Dreams -- Essay III On the Conversation of Authors -- Essay IV The Same Subject Continued -- Essay V On Reason and Imagination -- Essay VI On Application to Study -- Essay VII On Londoners and Country People -- Essay VIII On the Spirit of Obligations -- Essay IX On the Old Age of Artists -- Essay X On Envy (A Dialogue) -- Essay XI On Sitting for O ne's Picture -- Essay XII Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers? -- Essay XIII On the Pleasure of Hating -- Essay XIV On Dr Spurzheim's Theory -- Essay XV On Egotism -- Essay XVI Hot and Cold -- Essay XVII The New School of Reform -- Essay XVIII On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life -- Essay XIX On the Look of a Gentleman -- Essay XX On Reading Old Books -- Essay XXI On Personal Character -- Essay XXII On People of Sense -- Essay XXIII On Antiquity -- Essay XXIV On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking -- Essay XXV On a Portrait of an English Lady, by Vandyke -- Essay XXVI On Novelty and Familiarity -- Essay XXVII On Old English Writers and Speakers -- Essay XXVIII Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars -- Essay XXIX Sir Walter Scott, Racine, and Shakespear -- Essay XXX On Depth and Superficiality -- Essay XXXI On Respectable People -- Essay XXXII On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party -- Notes -- Books referred to in the notes to volume.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (454 pages)
• Subjects: 824/.7; English literature -- 19th century; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; English literature; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429348679; 0429348673; 9781000742817; 1000742814; 9781000746006; 1000746003; 9781000749199; 1000749193
• Related ISBNs: 9781138763272
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