This author attempted a definition of "genius" in his essay about street performers, "The Indian Jugglers."
This author attempted a definition of "genius" in his essay about street performers, "The Indian Jugglers." His work subtitled "The New Pygmalion," a thinly veiled description of his attempts to seduce Sarah Walker, provoked much outrage. That book, Liber Amoris, preceded another scandalous work, an essay in first person depicting this author's visit to an illegal bare-knuckles boxing match titled "The Fight." That essay was collected with other pieces, including the essay in which he describes reading Lyrical Ballads in manuscript, "My First Acquaintance with the Poets," and his "On the Pleasure of Hating," in the collection Table Talk. Known for his personal and casual style, in contrast to his friend Charles Lamb, for 10 points who was this Romantic-era author of The Spirit of the Age?
This author attempted a definition of "genius" in his essay about street performers, "The Indian Jugglers."
William {Hazlitt}