{"product_id":"william-hazlitt-the-first-modern-man","title":"William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eRomanticism is where the modern age begins  and Hazlitt was its most articulate spokesman. No one else had the ability to see it whole; no one else knew so many of its politicians  poets  and philosophers. In this first full biography  Duncan Wu draws upon over a decade of archival research to explore all aspects of Hazlitts life  from his early aspirations to become a painter  his engagement with revolutionary politics  his rise to prominence as one of Englands greatest literary critics  and the disillusionment and poverty of his final years. Along the way  Wu reveals countless new details concerning Hazlitts relationships with Wordsworth  Coleridge  Shelley  Keats  William Godwin  J. M. W. Turner  and other important figures of the Romantic era. But Wu sees Hazlitt as an essentially modern writer who took political sketch-writing to a new level  invented sports commentary as we know it  and created the essay-form as it is practiced in our own time. Painstakingly researched and filled with original insight  this biography benefits also from Wus New Writings of William Hazlitt  many of which make their appearance here  illuminating obscure passages of Hazlitts life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964333256757,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199549583","price":34.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199549580.jpg?v=1770457534","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/william-hazlitt-the-first-modern-man","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}