Education, Criticism and the Creative Imagination: the legacy of William Hazlitt by David Halpin

“…William Hazlitt (1778–1830), one of the most important critics of the English Romantic Period, held and published highly developed views about the nature of the creative imagination, the function of criticism and what it means to be truly learned [1]. …”
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Hazlitt's contrariness and familiar prose style: lessons on how to be critical by David Halpin

“…Contrariness of the kind manifest in the literary output and general disposition of the nineteenth century English essayist and journalist, William Hazlitt, has much to teach contemporary intellectuals working in the academy about how better to be critical, offering important lessons on the necessity for self-consistency and independence of thought and the need more to write for publication in a familiar and accessible conversational style.…”
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Mrs Hazlitt’s Divorce by Sylvia Townsend Warner

“…<p class="first" id="d4629983e66"> An essay in which Warner speculates on the character and circumstances of William Hazlitt’s wife Sarah (née Stoddart) during the stay in Scotland from April to June 1822 which was necessary for their divorce to be concluded. …”
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