The Works of Washington Irving ...: Oliver Goldsmith; The sketch book
Author: Washington Irving
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 556
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Author: Washington Irving
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 556
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 664
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 608
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 596
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 550
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Published: 1873
Total Pages: 300
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Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: 1868-01-01
Total Pages: 491
ISBN-13: 1465557539
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 326
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 236
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Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 1998-05-21
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0191611271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith 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.