The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 05 (of 12)
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- THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM HAZLITT
- CONTENTS
- LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH POETS
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- CONTENTS
- LECTURE I.—INTRODUCTORY ON POETRY IN GENERAL
- LECTURE II ON CHAUCER AND SPENSER
- LECTURE III ON SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON
- LECTURE IV ON DRYDEN AND POPE
- LECTURE V ON THOMSON AND COWPER
- LECTURE VI ON SWIFT, YOUNG, GRAY, COLLINS, &C.
- LECTURE VII ON BURNS, AND THE OLD ENGLISH BALLADS
- LECTURE VIII ON THE LIVING POETS
- LECTURES ON THE DRAMATIC LITERATURE OF THE AGE OF ELIZABETH
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- CONTENTS
- ADVERTISEMENT
- LECTURE I.—INTRODUCTORY GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT
- LECTURE II ON THE DRAMATIC WRITERS CONTEMPORARY WITH SHAKESPEAR, LYLY, MARLOW, HEYWOOD, MIDDLETON, AND ROWLEY
- LECTURE III ON MARSTON, CHAPMAN, DECKAR, AND WEBSTER
- LECTURE IV ON BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, BEN JONSON, FORD, AND MASSINGER.
- LECTURE V ON SINGLE PLAYS, POEMS, ETC., THE FOUR P’S, THE RETURN FROM PARNASSUS, GAMMER GURTON’S NEEDLE, AND OTHER WORKS.
- LECTURE VI ON MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, F. BEAUMONT, P. FLETCHER, DRAYTON, DANIEL, &C. SIR P. SIDNEY’S ARCADIA, AND OTHER WORKS.
- LECTURE VII CHARACTER OF LORD BACON’S WORKS—COMPARED AS TO STYLE WITH SIR THOMAS BROWN AND JEREMY TAYLOR.
- LECTURE VIII ON THE SPIRIT OF ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE—ON THE GERMAN DRAMA, CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF THE AGE OF ELIZABETH
- PREFACE AND CRITICAL LIST OF AUTHORS FROM SELECT BRITISH POETS
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- PREFACE
- A CRITICAL LIST OF AUTHORS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME
- NOTES
- LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH POETS
- I. ON POETRY IN GENERAL
- II. ON CHAUCER AND SPENSER.
- III. ON SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON
- IV. ON DRYDEN AND POPE
- V. ON THOMSON AND COWPER
- VI. ON SWIFT, YOUNG, GRAY, COLLINS, Etc.
- VII. ON BURNS, AND THE OLD ENGLISH BALLADS
- VIII. ON THE LIVING POETS
- NOTES ON LECTURES ON THE AGE OF ELIZABETH
- I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT
- II. ON LYLY, MARLOW, Etc.
- III. ON MARSTON, CHAPMAN, Etc.
- IV. ON BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, Etc.
- V. ON SINGLE PLAYS, POEMS, Etc.
- VI. ON MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, Etc.
- VII. CHARACTER OF LORD BACON’S WORKS, Etc.
- VIII. ON THE SPIRIT OF ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, Etc.
- SELECT BRITISH POETS
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