Author: William Hazlitt; William Carew Hazlitt [editor]
Title: Lectures on the English Poets and the English Comic Writers
Description: London, George Bell and Sons, 1906. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of lectures on English writers from English essayist William Hazlitt. Two volumes of work from the author being collections of lectures on English poets and English comic writers. With essays entitled: On Poetry in General, On the Old English Ballads, On the Modern Poets, On Periodical Essayists, and The Comic Writers of the Last Century, amongst others. Written by William Hazlitt, an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language. Edited by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt, an English lawyer, bibliographer, editor and writer. In the original half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Lecutures Poets Comic Hazlitt Poets None


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