The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book (ePub)
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Sage, storyteller, and wit, Washington Irving created such staples of American fiction as the stories "Rip Van Winkle” and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” He earned his preeminence in early American literature with the masterpieces in miniature...
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Sage, storyteller, and wit, Washington Irving created such staples of American fiction as the stories "Rip Van Winkle” and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” He earned his preeminence in early American literature with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of stories, travel essays, biographical discourses, and literary musings. "His influence on American writers is unquestioned,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe, and his stories have proved as enduring as the Catskill Mountains the author immortalized.
"Exceptional talent....I am one of his most ardent admirers. I admired Mr. Irving's work so much, in fact, that I gave it the ultimate praise; I 'borrowed it.'”—Edgar Allan Poe
With an Introduction by Wayne Franklin
"Exceptional talent....I am one of his most ardent admirers. I admired Mr. Irving's work so much, in fact, that I gave it the ultimate praise; I 'borrowed it.'”—Edgar Allan Poe
With an Introduction by Wayne Franklin
Autoren-Porträt von Washington Irving
Though trained for law, Washington Irving (17831859) turned to writing. The humorous A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty (1809), written under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, won him wide popularity. In 1815, Irving journeyed to England to manage a branch of the family business. This venture ended in failure, and he was compelled to write to support himself. International fame came with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (181920). In 1826, Irving went to Spain on a diplomatic assignment. His three-year stay there inspired The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828) and The Alhambra (1832). In 1829, he was assigned to London as secretary of the United States legation, and after extensive traveling, he served as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Then Irving returned to his home in Tarrytown, New York, where he worked and studied until his death.Wayne Franklin, professor of English and director of American Studies at the University of Connecticut, is the author of several books on early American literature and culture, including Discoverers, Explorers, Settlers and The New World of James Fenimore Cooper. An editor of the Norton Anthology of American Literature, he is also founding editor of the American Land and Life series, published by the University of Iowa Press.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Washington Irving
- 2006, 400 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
- ISBN-10: 1101099194
- ISBN-13: 9781101099193
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2006
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