The Spirit of the Age
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The Spirit of the Age is an 1825 collection of critical essays by William Hazlitt that offers incisive portraits of leading writers, thinkers, and public figures of his time.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | William Hazlitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalStance |
often personal and subjective
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often politically radical ⓘ |
| describes | intellectual climate of the early 19th century ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | British Romantic-era culture ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical essays
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later Victorian critics
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modern biographical criticism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay on Charles Lamb
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essay on David Ricardo ⓘ essay on Edmund Burke ⓘ essay on Francis Jeffrey ⓘ essay on Henry Brougham ⓘ essay on Jeremy Bentham ⓘ essay on Leigh Hunt ⓘ essay on Lord Byron ⓘ essay on Lord Castlereagh ⓘ essay on Lord Eldon ⓘ essay on Madame de Staël ⓘ essay on Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ essay on Sir Walter Scott ⓘ essay on Thomas Malthus ⓘ essay on Thomas Moore ⓘ essay on William Cobbett ⓘ essay on William Gifford ⓘ essay on William Godwin ⓘ essay on William Wordsworth ⓘ essay on the Edinburgh Reviewers ⓘ essay on the Utilitarians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romantic period ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of biography and criticism
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incisive portraits of contemporary figures ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Spirit of the Age; or, Contemporary Portraits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | William Hazlitt bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationType | book-length collection of essays ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1825 ⓘ |
| subject |
leading thinkers of the early 19th century
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leading writers of the early 19th century ⓘ public figures of the early 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
character studies of contemporaries
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cultural criticism ⓘ political commentary ⓘ |
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