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Leigh Hunt
Poet and essayist, friend of Hazlitt, mentioned in literary contexts.
minor
Also known as Leigh Hunt, Hunt, Mr. Leigh Hunt
First appearance: volume ii on the aristocracy of letters
Leigh Hunt shows up with force in On People with One Idea. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned in an anecdote where he comments on Hazlitt's knowledge of a subject, illustrating the contrast between genuine expertise and affected monomania.
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In On People with One Idea: Mentioned in an anecdote where he comments on Hazlitt's knowledge of a subject, illustrating the contrast between genuine expertise and affected monomania. Later, in Why Distant Objects…
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- Other
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- Literary and Artistic Circle
- Protagonist
- Writers and Thinkers
- Mixed Acquaintances
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See Leigh Hunt in volume ii on the aristocracy of letters