威廉·赫士列特(William Hazlitt)是英国浪漫主义时期最为重要的散文家、批评家之一。他创作了大量涉猎广泛、文风犀利、富于论辩色彩的散文,在题材和风格等方面均独树一帜。赫士列特的莎士比亚评论站在浪漫主义的立场上,反对古典主义,在世界莎评史上占有举足轻重的地位,他高度评价莎士比亚,对蒲伯关于莎士比亚是唯一“原创”作家的说法给予了全面的肯定。区别于以往的 William Hazlitt was one of the most important essayists and critics of British Romanticism. He created a large number of widely studied, sharp style, full of argumentative prose, theme and style are unique. Herzrecht’s Shakespearean commentary, standing on the romantic standpoint, opposed classicism and played a decisive role in the history of the world’s Shakespearean judgments. He spoke highly of Shakespeare and gave Pauper’s account of Shakespeare as the only “original” writer A comprehensive affirmation. Different from the past