ABSTRACT
William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in complete form.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |153 pages
Lectures on the English Comic Writers
part |186 pages
Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth
chapter Lecture II|30 pages
On the Dramatic Writers Contemporary with Shakespear, Lyly, Marlow, Heywood, Middleton, and Rowley
chapter Lecture VII|17 pages
Character of Lord Bacon’s Works – Compared as to Style with Sir Thomas Brown and Jeremy Taylor
chapter Lecture VIII|18 pages
On the Spirit of Ancient and Modern Literature – On the German Drama, Contrasted with that of the Age of Elizabeth
part |43 pages
A Letter to William Gifford, Esq. from William Hazlitt, Esq