In the Company of William Hazlitt
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In the Company of William Hazlitt by Maurice Whelan
William Hazlitt ? essayist, critic, associate of Coleridge and Wordsworth ? died in Soho lodging house in 1830 at the age of 52. His final words ? ?Well, I?ve had a happy life? ? astonished his listeners, for pain and suffering had been his frequent companions. In this book Maurice Whelan imaginatively takes hold of his subject and places him firmly at the beginning of the 21st century, approaching Hazlitt from a fresh point of view. Hazlitt was not only a great investigator of the inner world and precursor to Freud; he also went beyond the founder of psychoanalysis in anticipating modern psychological developments. Whelan argues strongly that Hazlitt should be taken seriously as a thinker and writer of extraordinary relevance in our present world ? a true spirit of our age.
Maurice Whelan studied philosophy, theology and sociology in Ireland. He worked in London for many years as a field social worker and as a psychiatric social worker. He has an MA in Criminology and Social Policy. He was a visiting academic lecturer and clinical supervisor at the Tavistock Clinic in London. He trained as a psychoanalyst with the British Psycho-Analytical Society and is a member of the Australian Psycho-Analytical Society. Since 1992 he has lived and worked in Sydney. He is a past chairman of the Sydney Institute for Psycho-Analysis. His writings on social work practice, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy have been published in a variety of journals. His other books are: Special Education and Social Control -Invisible Disasters J. Ford, D. Mongon and M. Whelan. RKP 1981. Thoughts for the Twenty-first Century: In the Company of William Hazlitt Maurice Whelan ASP Melbourne 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780850365535 |
| ISBN 10 | 0850365538 |
| Title | In the Company of William Hazlitt |
| Author | Maurice Whelan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Merlin Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 215 |
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