Thomas Love Peacock wrote the essay:

1. A'Revolt of the Tartars'
2. B'An Essay on the Principles of Human Action'
3. C'The Four Ages of Poetry'
4. DThe Seven Lamps of Architecture

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Correct answer: C. 'The Four Ages of Poetry'

Explanation

Peacock's ironic 'The Four Ages of Poetry' (1820) provoked Shelley's A Defence of Poetry. 'Revolt of the Tartars' is De Quincey's, the Essay Hazlitt's, and The Seven Lamps Ruskin's.