Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Book excerpt: The greatest art critic of his age, William Hazlitt is celebrated for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt was an influential drama critic, social commentator and philosopher, now widely considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language. This comprehensive eBook presents Hazlitt’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hazlitt’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major collections and other texts * ALL the major works, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special essays index, with chronological and alphabetical contents tables * Easily locate the essays you want to read * Includes Hazlitt’s rare essay collections – available in no other collection * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Hazlitt’s contribution to literature * Features a bonus biographies - discover Hazlitt’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ACTION FREE THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVERTISEMENT ETC. FROM ‘THE ELOQUENCE OF THE BRITISH SENATE’ THE ROUND TABLE CHARACTERS OF SHAKESPEAR’S PLAYS LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH POETS A VIEW OF THE ENGLISH STAGE TABLE-TALK THE FIGHT LIBER AMORIS CHARACTERISTICS SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL PICTURE-GALLERIES IN ENGLAND THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE THE PLAIN SPEAKER NOTES OF A JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY WINTERSLOW HAZLITT ON ENGLISH LITERATURE Essays Index LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Criticism WILLIAM HAZLITT by Arthur Rickett HAZLITT by George Saintsbury WILLIAM HAZLITT by Leslie Stephen WILLIAM HAZLITT by Augustine Birrell INTRODUCTION TO WILLIAM HAZLITT by Jacob Zeitlin The Biography WILLIAM HAZLITT by Leslie Stephen Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks