Author: Washington IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Sketch Books of Geoffrey Crayon (Complete Edition)
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027231930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". It also marks Irving's first use of the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, which he would continue to employ throughout his literary career. Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" — the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous — the collection of tales includes "Roscoe", "The Broken Heart", "The Art of Book-making", "A Royal Poet", "The Spectre Bridegroom", "Westminster Abbey", "Little Britain", and "John Bull". Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
The Angler
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125021766
Category : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
The Sketch-book
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Washington Irving's Sketch Book
Author: Washington IrvingIrving's Works
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 Spectre Bridegroom
Author: Washington IrvingThe Voyage
Author: Washington IrvingPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781010082613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
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