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Hazlitt on English Literature: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature

William Hazlitt

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 468 pages

This volume gathers critical essays by William Hazlitt, selected and introduced by Jacob Zeitlin, offering an overview of English literature from Elizabethan times to the Romantic revival. Hazlitt discusses major writers and the art of appreciation, making the collection useful for readers who want to deepen their understanding of literary criticism.

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HAZLITT ON
ENGLISH LITERATURE
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE
BY
JACOB ZEITLIN, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE IN ENGLISH
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
NEW YORK
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
AMERICAN BRANCH: 35 West 32nd Street
LONDON, TORONTO, MELBOURNE, AND BOMBAY
HUMPHREY MILFORD
1913
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Copyright, 1913
by Oxford University Press

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Contents

  1. HAZLITT ON ENGLISH LITERATURE
  2. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE
  3. JACOB ZEITLIN, Ph.D.
  4. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  5. 1913
  6. PREFACE
  7. CONTENTS
  8. CHRONOLOGY OF HAZLITT’S LIFE AND WRITINGS
  9. INTRODUCTION
  10. I
  11. II
  12. III
  13. IV
  14. V
  15. VI
  16. VII
  17. VIII
  18. IX
  19. X
  20. XI
  21. XII
  22. XIII
  23. XIV
  24. XV
  25. XVI
  26. XVII
  27. XVIII
  28. XIX
  29. XX
  30. NOTES

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