Hazlitt: A Life - From Winterslow to Frith Street

by StanleyJones (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $3.48

  The aim of this study is to resolve discrepancies and correct errors in previous biographies and to attempt to fill serious and long-existing gaps in the story of Hazlitt's life. It is based on 25 years of research carried out in six countries. The author uncovers facts about the background and history of Hazlitt's second wife and identifies seven additions to Hazlitt's canon and several letters. A profusion of details are brought together to fill in the daily life of one of the most important figures of the Romantic period.

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  Paperback
  1991

  $4.76

  Glimpsed through the biographies of the major literary figures with whom he was associated, our image of Hazlitt has been limited, and often distorted. Stanley Jones portrays a man almost incapacitated by his own diffidence, a loyal friend and family man, yet an incorruptible critic, willing to defy social and literary conventions to espouse his opinions. Drawing on a range of sources, and revealing much new information, this is a portrait of one of the most representative figures of the Romantic period.