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The Fight And Other Writings
William Hazlitt was 'one of the greatest masters of English prose style', writes Tom Paulin in his Introduction, the writer who 'makes criticism into an art form'. He leapt to fame in 1814 with his review of Edmund Kean as Shylock, and throughout his life he was fascinated by powerful performances - whether by boxers, rope-dancers or Shakespearean actors. Deeply knowledgea...more
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(first published July 28)
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William Hazlitt was an English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, and as a grammarian and philosopher. He is now considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell, but his work is currently little-read and mostly out of print. During his lifetime he befriended many people who are no...more
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