Exploring the Self: A Study of Hazlitt’s My First Acquaintance with Poets

"My first acquaintance with the poet" was first published in 1823 as a short but very important journal of liberalism of the Romantic era. According to the general distinction, this document is mainly based on the memories of the author, the first 25 years of seeing the "poet" in his life. The moment of "baptism". As he said, in the world of poetry and philosophy (Hazlit, first acquaintance). This article can be used as a memo as it develops mainly on a specific event in the author's life, that is, a meeting with Coleridge, familiar with the continuous interaction performed in each process.

"Expostulation and Reply" is a poem comparing books and natural values ​​of our lives. It was written in 1798 and is based on a conversation between a poet and a friend William Hazlit. Hazlitt condemns Wordsworth not to read and educate himself, but to communicate "with nature". Wordsworth answered Mr. Hazlitt's remarks and stated that not everything we learned was from books. Wordsworth loves nature very much and respects We can enrich our lives if we spend the time we see and drink in our environment we can enrich our lives I want to say

5 In his school days, Jean-Jacques Rousseau became one of the most important influences on budding philosophers' ideas, and Edmund Burke, his writing style left a big impression on him. In January 1798, Hazlitt met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and soon became known as a poet, a critic, and a philosopher. He was surprised. "Even if I listen to the music of this ball, I will not be happy," he wrote in his article "Meeting My First Poet" many years later. At one stage, he joined Coleridge at his residence in Netherstowy where he spent a while in the poet William Wordsworth. Hazlitt was also ecstatic again. He did not immediately shock the emergence of Wordsworth, but when he was thinking about the appearance of Wadsworth of the evening sun, he reflected on: "The poet saw the nature's eyes!" In his poem , He noticed that this is a brand new thing and he began to see Wordsworth as the true poet's soul.

In the letter of October 1818, Keatsu returned to Shakespeare as a model before his great achievement. Keats played Shakespeare when William Wordsworth strongly insisted on his self as the most powerful poet of his own era. Wordsworth represents "bottom of dialogue", but the true "poetry" that Keatsu is "member" is defined as a negative substance "not itself" or "not self" I can do it. . . There is no function. . . There is no identity. Positive, it can be defined by emotion and behavior: "Enjoy light and shadow: It is a wonderful life, but implicitly it makes sense." 31 tragedies A villain and a romantic actress, Shakespeare is the same