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William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man. Duncan Wu
William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man. Duncan Wu
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Romanticism is where the modern age begins, and Hazlitt was its most articulate spokesman. No one else had the ability to see it whole; no one else knew so many of its politicians, poets, and philosophers. In this first full biography, Duncan Wu draws upon over a decade of archival research to
explore all aspects of Hazlitt's life, from his early aspirations to become a painter, his engagement with revolutionary politics, his rise to prominence as one of England's greatest literary critics, and the disillusionment and poverty of his final years. Along the way, Wu reveals countless new
details concerning Hazlitt's relationships with Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, William Godwin, J. M. W. Turner, and other important figures of the Romantic era. But Wu sees Hazlitt as an essentially modern writer who took political sketch-writing to a new level, invented sports commentary as
we know it, and created the essay-form as it is practiced in our own time. Painstakingly researched and filled with original insight, this biography benefits also from Wu's New Writings of William Hazlitt, many of which make their appearance here, illuminating obscure passages of Hazlitt's life.
Author: Duncan Wu
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/15/2008
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780199549580
Review Citation(s):
London Review of Books 11/06/2008 pg. 26
Publishers Weekly 11/24/2008 pg. 47
Library Journal 12/15/2008 pg. 130
Chronicle of Higher Education 02/06/2009 pg. 14
New Yorker (The) 05/18/2009 pg. 72
Choice 06/01/2009
New York Review of Books 07/02/2009 pg. 41
Books & Culture 07/01/2009 pg. 24
explore all aspects of Hazlitt's life, from his early aspirations to become a painter, his engagement with revolutionary politics, his rise to prominence as one of England's greatest literary critics, and the disillusionment and poverty of his final years. Along the way, Wu reveals countless new
details concerning Hazlitt's relationships with Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, William Godwin, J. M. W. Turner, and other important figures of the Romantic era. But Wu sees Hazlitt as an essentially modern writer who took political sketch-writing to a new level, invented sports commentary as
we know it, and created the essay-form as it is practiced in our own time. Painstakingly researched and filled with original insight, this biography benefits also from Wu's New Writings of William Hazlitt, many of which make their appearance here, illuminating obscure passages of Hazlitt's life.
Author: Duncan Wu
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/15/2008
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780199549580
Review Citation(s):
London Review of Books 11/06/2008 pg. 26
Publishers Weekly 11/24/2008 pg. 47
Library Journal 12/15/2008 pg. 130
Chronicle of Higher Education 02/06/2009 pg. 14
New Yorker (The) 05/18/2009 pg. 72
Choice 06/01/2009
New York Review of Books 07/02/2009 pg. 41
Books & Culture 07/01/2009 pg. 24
About the Author
Duncan Wu is Professor of English at Georgetown University. He is a former Fellow of St Catherine's College and Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.
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