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Table-Talk (Hazlitt)
''Table-Talk'' is a collection of essays by the English cultural critic and social commentator William Hazlitt. It was originally published as two volumes, the first of which appeared in April 1821.〔Bate 2004.〕 The essays deal with topics such as art, literature and philosophy. Duncan Wu has described the essays as the "pinnacle of () achievement", and argues that ''Table-Talk'' and ''The Plain Speaker'' (1826) represent Hazlitt's masterpiece.〔Wu 2008, pp. 284, 296.〕
== Background ==
Hazlitt published his first book, a work of philosophy, in 1805.〔Wu 2008, p. 104〕 In the years between his authorial debut and the publication of ''Table-Talk'', Hazlitt was employed as a journalist, critic and lecturer, and published several collections of writing on topics such as Shakespearean criticism, politics and literature.〔 In 1819, following the hostile reception of his ''Political Essays'' by the Tory press and the repressive legislation introduced after the Peterloo Massacre, Hazlitt foreswore writing further essays on political subjects. It should be noted that political insight is by no means absent from Hazlitt's subsequent works, and publications such as ''The Spirit of the Age'' (1825) condemn figures such as Robert Southey for their abandonment of political radicalism, while Hazlitt's biography of Napoleon (four volumes; 1828–1830) aimed to defend his reputation against a biography from the Tory Sir Walter Scott.〔In addition to the comments about Southey's "political inconsistency" in the profile of him, see the comments about Southey's radical play ''Wat Tyler'' in the essay on "Lord Eldon and Mr. Wilberforce": 〕
Hazlitt's first wife, Sarah Stoddart, owned property in Winterslow, a village in Wiltshire. Hazlitt regularly travelled from London to the village, and was particularly fond of staying at Winterslow Hut, an inn, where he could write in peace. Many of the ''Table-Talk'' essays were composed there.〔Wu 2008, pp. 288, 292.〕 The second volume was completed on 7 March 1822 at Renton Inn, near Edinburgh.〔Wu 2008, p. 312.〕
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