Lectures on the English comic writers
By: by William Hazlitt; with an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson.
Contributors: Hazlitt, William, 1811-1893, ed.
Series: The World's classics. 124.  The works of William Hazlitt - v
Publisher: H. Milford; Oxford University Press
Published: 1920
Place of publication: London; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764; English wit and humor -- History and criticism; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Other titles: English comic writers.
Notes: "...First published in 1818.  In ʻThe World's classicsʼ ... first published in 1907 and reprinted in 1920, the text followed being that of the third edition, 1841, edited by the author's son."
Table of contents: title: Introduction. - Introductory: On wit and humour. - On Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. - On Cowley, Butler, Suckling, Etherege, etc. - On Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar. - On the periodical essayists. - On the English novelists. - On the works of Hogarth: on the grand and familiar style of painting. - On the comic writers of the last century.