Author: Washington IrvingPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Second Edition.
Author: Washington IrvingThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Second edition
Author: Washington IrvingThe Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191611271
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
With these words, Washington Irving expresses the dilemma of every American artist in the nineteenth century. The Sketch-Book (1820-1) looks simultaneously towards audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, as Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. He sketches a series of encounters with the cultural shrines of the parent nation, and in two brilliant experiments with tales transplanted from Europe creates the first classic American short stories, 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow'. The result was not only a hugely successful travel book; it exerted a strong formative influence on American writers from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe to Henry James, and is well worth rediscovery in its own right today. Based on Irving's final revision of his most popular work, this new edition includes comprehensive explanatory notes of The Sketch-Book's sources for the modern reader. In her introduction, Susan Manning suggests that the author forged a new idiom, the 'Literary Picturesque', to accommodate and turn to advantage his dilemma of dual literary allegiances. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732690369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent by Washington Irving
Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
Author: Washington IrvingThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.].
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Author: Washington IrvingPublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ... New Edition
Author: Washington IrvingThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent ... Eighteenth Edition.
Author: Washington IrvingThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent ... Eighteenth Edition
Author: Washington IrvingThe Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333437053
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Excerpt from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Vol. 2 He has commonly a broad, full face, curi ously mottled with red, as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel Of the skin he is swelled into jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors, and his bulk is still further increased by a multiplicity Of coats, in which he is buried like a cauli ower, the upper one reaching to his heels. He wears a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat a huge roll Of colored handkerchief about his neck, knowingly knotted and tucked in at the bosom; and has in summer-time a large bou quet of owers in his button-hole the present, most probably, of some enamored country lass. His waistcoat is commonly of some bright color, striped, and his small-clothes extend far below the knees, to meet a pair iockey-boots which reach about half way up his legs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."