The Complete Tales Of Washington IrvingHachette Books, 09/09/2009 - 840 من الصفحات Washington Irving (1783-1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service as a diplomat, Irving was amazingly prolific: His collected works fill forty volumes that encompass essays, history, travel writings, and multi-volume biographies of Columbus and Washington. But it is Irving's mastery of suspense, characterization, tempo, and irony that transforms his fiction into virtuoso performances, earning him his reputation as the father of the American short story. Charles Neider has gathered all sixty-one of Irving's tales, originally scattered throughout his many collections of nonfiction essays and sketches, into one magnificent volume. Together, they reveal his wide range: besides the expected classics like "Rip Van Winkle," "The Spectre Bridegroom," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and "The Devil and Tom Walker," his fiction embraces realistic tales, ghost stories, parodies, legends, fables, and satires. For those familiar only with secondhand retellings of Irving's most famous tales, this collection offers the opportunity to step inside Washington Irving's imagination and partake of its innumerable and timeless pleasures. |
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... Alhambra in Granada. In December of that year he resolved to write a life ofWashington. In June 1.831, at the ageof fortyeight, he wasawarded anLL.D.by Oxford University. In September he retired from the Legation.In April 1832 heleft Le ...
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... Alhambra, a work in two volumes which enjoyed great popularity. Hiseleven Alhambra tales are probably best appreciated in their original setting, the book. They aremore akinto fairy than tofolk tales. Likea good deal of the restof the ...
... Alhambra, a work in two volumes which enjoyed great popularity. Hiseleven Alhambra tales are probably best appreciated in their original setting, the book. They aremore akinto fairy than tofolk tales. Likea good deal of the restof the ...
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... Alhambra tales varyin subject as well asstyle,and some,notably “Legend of the Moor's Legacy”, contain manyironic touches. Almosta quarterof a century elapsedbetween the appearance of The Alhambra and Irving's nextpublication of tales in ...
... Alhambra tales varyin subject as well asstyle,and some,notably “Legend of the Moor's Legacy”, contain manyironic touches. Almosta quarterof a century elapsedbetween the appearance of The Alhambra and Irving's nextpublication of tales in ...
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... Alhambra.Andsome ofhis humor,for exampleinthe way hedescribes Tonish's propensity to lying,isas freewheeling asMark Twain's. He makes the details of frontier life, including Indian dress and manners, fascinating. He isan ...
... Alhambra.Andsome ofhis humor,for exampleinthe way hedescribes Tonish's propensity to lying,isas freewheeling asMark Twain's. He makes the details of frontier life, including Indian dress and manners, fascinating. He isan ...
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... Alhambra isEuropean in subjectand Latinate in language, whereasthe books on the American West are written with native verveand fresh idiom, almost as though Irving had spenta professional lifetime in preparing to dealwith such materials ...
... Alhambra isEuropean in subjectand Latinate in language, whereasthe books on the American West are written with native verveand fresh idiom, almost as though Irving had spenta professional lifetime in preparing to dealwith such materials ...
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