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William Wordsworth
The Romantic poet whose originality Hazlitt admires and whose remoteness from common understanding he treats as both burden and badge of genius.
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Also known as Mr. Wordsworth, Wordsworth, himself
First appearance: volume i on genius and common sense
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Wordsworth is the living example of Hazlitt's paradox: a man who strides so far before his readers that he dwindles in the distance, speaking a language they cannot follow. Hazlitt's essay on intellectual superiority…
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See William Wordsworth in volume i on genius and common sense