Уильям Хэзлит — книжные серии

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama, and painting, biographer, political commentator, and polemicist. What unites this variety is his dramatic and passionate intelligence, his unswerving commitment to individual and political liberty, and his courageous opposition to established political and cultural power. Hailed in 1819 as `one of the ablest and most eloquent critics of our nation', Hazlitt was also reviled for his political radicalism by the conservative press of the period. His writing engages with many of the important cultural and political…

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama, and painting, biographer, political commentator, and polemicist. What unites this variety is his dramatic and passionate intelligence, his unswerving commitment to individual and political liberty, and his courageous opposition to established political and cultural power. Hailed in 1819 as `one of the ablest and most eloquent critics of our nation', Hazlitt was also reviled for his political radicalism by the conservative press of the period. His writing engages with many of the important cultural and political…

Впервые публикуемое на русском языке, одно из наиболее знаменитых произведений известнейшего английского писателя и критика Уильяма Хэзлитта "Застольные беседы" (1821) представляет собой тридцать три очерка на самые разные темы (о великом и малом, о прошлом и будущем, о невежестве ученых, о гении и здравом смысле, о живописном и идеальном, о боязни смерти, о путешествиях и др.). Своеобразие Хэзлитта как эссеиста проявляется в его поразительном умении всесторонне изучить рассматриваемый предмет, каждый раз отыскать в обыденном что-нибудь новое, неожиданное, восхититься привычным, высказать оригинальную мысль об истертых до банальности…