Essays of William Hazlitt (Classic Reprint): Selected and Edited, With Introduction and Notes, by Frank Carr - Couverture souple

Hazlitt, William Baldwin

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ISBN 10 : 1440067694 ISBN 13 : 9781440067693

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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William Hazlitt, no more will be said here than seems needful for considering his work as anE ssayist. He was bom on the loth of A pril 1778, in Mitre Lane, Maidstone. His father was aU nitarian minister, who, after several changes, settled at Wem, inS hropshire. In 1795, amongst other places, young Hazlitt visited Burleigh House, and beheld its pictures, some of which he treasured in his mind to the end of life. In 1796 Coleridge settled at Nether-S towey, and preached in the Unitarian chapel at Taunton. In January 1798 Coleridge, whilst officiating forM r. Rowe atS hrewsbury, visited Hazlitt sfather at Wem. This proved the great inspiring time of young Hazlitt sintellectual life. He heard Coleridge preach :saw much of him :above all, was invited by the poet toN ether-S towey in the spring. During the interval, Hazlitt went to Llangollen Vale, by way of initiating himself into the mysteries of natural scenery. Coleridge, in December 1796, had published his Ode to theD eparting Year. The poetry, in its character and music, was new to young Hazlitt. Uplifted in spirit by his approaching visit, inspired by the ode, that expedition was fraught with new awakenings. He remembered, long years afterwards, how he sat up half the night at an inn at Bridgwater to read Paul and Virginia; how on his birthday he sat down to a new volume of theN ew Heloise at a Llangollen inn. Llangollen Vale itself became to him the cradle of a new existence: in the river that winds through it, my spirit was baptised in the waters of Helicon. Coleridge received him with a welcome. Wordsworth he there met; heard him chaunt some of his poetry ;saw some of his Lyrical Ballads in manuscript. Hazlitt spent three weeks at Nether-S
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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1440067694
• ISBN 13: 9781440067693
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 349