3. ο Leigh Hunt (1784-1859)
ο He wrote continuously for more than
thirty years, as editor and essayist
ο Indicator (1819-21)
ο The Companion (1828)
ο The Reflector (1810-11)
ο Thus, he was critic, essayist and poet.
4. ο William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
ο He was an English essayist, drama
and literary critic, painter, social
commentator, and philosopher. He
is now considered one of the
greatest critics and essayists in the
history of the English language.
ο On the love of the Country(1814)
ο Disappointment(1820)
ο On the Conversation of
Authors(1820)
ο Public Opinion (1820-21)
ο On the spirit of Monarchy (1823)
5. ο Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
ο His works divide themselves into
three periods, poems- criticism-
essays.
ο Essays of Elia(1823), it is very
famous.
ο These famous essays began in 1820
with the appearance of the new
London Magazine.
ο Thus, he is very famous in the
history of English literature.
6. ο Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859)
ο His brilliant critical essays are
ο On the Knocking at the Gate in
Macbeth(1823)
ο Murder Considered as One of the
Fine Arts(1827)
ο Letters to a Young Man (1823)
ο Joan of Arc(1847)
ο The Revolt of the Tartars(1840)
ο The English Mail-Coach(1849)