MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH POETS – HAZLITT

MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH POETS – HAZLITT

·         Hazlitt was instrumental in founding the first Unitarian church.

·         Hazlitt’s father was a Dissenting Minister in Shropshire.

·         Hazlitt was a reporter for Morning Chronicle.

·         Charles Lamb helped him to become a reporter.

·         Hazlitt published the famous round table essays in the paper Hunt’s Examiner.

·         Hazlitt was also employed by The Champion Edinburg Review.

·         Hazlitt’s Collection of Biographies is The Eloquence of the British Senate.

·         Hazlitt has given lectures on the characters of Shakespeare’s plays.

·         He was a powerful critic of Drama.

·         His Essay on the English Poets is the collection of lectures.

·         A Life of Napoleon is the last major work of Hazlitt.

·         Hazlitt’s personality was charismatic.

·         The works of Hazlitt have been edited in 26 volumes.

·         Hazlitt started his journalism at the age of 35.

·         Hazlitt’s character was similar to that of Samuel Johnson.

·         Hazlitt was fond of tea.

·         Many critics consider him as a lesser Johnson turn Romantic.

·         His industrious on to know about Pope, Hume and Fielding shapes his language.

·         He was a critic of Elizabethan drama and Shakespeare.

·         He had a high respect on Milton.

·         This essay is an attempt of exposing the bond of Coleridge and Wordsworth.

·         Hazlitt’s first acquainted poets were Coleridge and Wordsworth.

·         Hazlitt first met them at his tender age of 20 in the year 1798.

·         Coleridge was 26 years old.

·         Wordsworth was 28 years old.

·         Coleridge was invited to preach at Shrewsbury Unitarian Church.

·         Coleridge has talkative disposition.

·         Coleridge came to Shrewsbury in January 1798.

·         Coleridge in his speech mingles the poetry and philosophy.

·         Coleridge invited Hazlitt to Nethers Towely in Somersetshire.

·         Coleridge speech made changes in Hazlitt’s personal and literary career.

·         Hazlitt tried to meet Wordsworth at Alfoxden.

·         Wordsworth visited Hazlitt and Coleridge in Netherstowely.

·         Wordsworth gave Hazlitt the poet’s eye.

·         Wordsworth’s conversation always delighted Hazlitt.

·         His conversation was filled with fancy and philosophy.

·         Hazlitt went on a walking tour with Coleridge and John Chester to the area near Bristol at Linton.

·         They spent their time on discussion about philosophy and religion.

·         Coleridge was fascinated by various changes of weather.

·         Southey and Lamb were the close and lifelong friends of Hazlitt.

·         Hazlitt met them during the walking tour.

·         He met Coleridge friend Tom Poole also.