Selected Writings of William Hazlitt Vol 1

William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in complete form. List of abbreviations -- General introduction by Tom Paulin -- Editor’s introduction by Duncan Wu -- Acknowledgements -- Introductory notes -- An Essay on the Principles of Human Action -- Characters of Shakespear’s plays -- Preface -- Cymbeline -- Macbeth -- Julius Caesar -- Othello -- Timon of Athens -- Coriolanus -- Troilus and Cressida -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Hamlet -- The Tempest -- The Midsummer Night’s Dream -- Romeo and Juliet -- Lear -- Richard II -- Henry IV, in two parts -- Henry V -- Henry VI, in three parts -- Richard III -- Henry VIII -- King John -- Twelfth Night; or, What You Will -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- The Merchant of Venice -- The Winter’s Tale -- All’s Well that Ends Wells -- Love’s Labour Lost -- Much Ado About Nothing -- As You Like It -- The Taming of the Shrew -- Measure for Measure -- The Merry Wives of Windsor -- The Comedy of Errors -- Doubtful Plays of Shakespear -- Poems and Sonnets -- A ppendix: Hazlitt’s Review of Schlegel -- Notes -- Books referred to in the notes to volume 1.