Discussion: The Spirit of the Age

Author: William Hazlitt

Description: The Spirit of the Age (also known as The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits) is a collection of character sketches by William Hazlitt, written in the early 19th century. It portrays 25 prominent figures, primarily British, whom Hazlitt believed embodied the key intellectual, literary, and political trends of the era. These subjects include philosophers, social reformers, politicians, poets, essayists, and novelists, many of whom Hazlitt personally knew or encountered.

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