William Hazlitt

Table-Talk is a collection of essays by the English cultural critic and social commentator William Hazlitt. It was originally published as two volumes, the first of which appeared in April 1821. The essays deal with topics such as art, literature and philosophy. Duncan Wu has described the essays as the "pinnacle of …

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 …