ABSTRACT The familiar essay is one of the most neglected genres of Romantic prose. Recent criticism of the essays of Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, and William Hazlitt, the familiar style’s most articulate defender, has sought to assimilate the genre into a tradition rooted in the periodical essays of Addison and Steele. Yet Hazlitt’s more immediate influence was Michel de Montaigne, who modeled sincere self-revelation as a means to ease readers’ objections. This article examines Hazlitt’s “Table-Talk” essays for the London Magazine and his collected volumes of Table-Talk—two series that present the writer differently to different groups of readers despite sharing a title and method. Hazlitt’s search for an authentic style that suggested greater sincerity is evidence of his efforts to initiate a mutually beneficial relationship with readers. In Hazlitt’s hands, then, the familiar essay should be seen as a strategy for intervening in Romantic reading practices.

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公众信任：Hazlitt 的“Table-Talk”和浪漫的熟悉文章

摘要 熟悉的散文是浪漫主义散文中最被忽视的体裁之一。最近对 Leigh Hunt、Charles Lamb 和 William Hazlitt 的散文的批评，他们是熟悉的风格最善于表达的捍卫者，试图将这种体裁融入一种植根于艾迪生和斯蒂尔的期刊论文的传统中。然而，哈兹利特更直接的影响是米歇尔·德·蒙田，他将真诚的自我启示作为一种缓解读者反对的手段。本文考察了 Hazlitt 为伦敦杂志撰写的“Table-Talk”散文和他的 Table-Talk 合集——这两个系列尽管共享标题和方法，但仍以不同的方式向不同的读者群体展示了作者。黑兹利特寻求一种表现出更大诚意的真实风格，这证明了他努力与读者建立互利关系。