Washington Irving

Oliver Goldsmith (eBook, ePUB)

A Biography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Washington Irving, whom many describe as one of the first fiction writers to forge a distinctively American sensibility in his work, had a lifelong love of the work of Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish poet and novelist. Over a period of years, Irving expanded a brief biography he had written about Goldsmith into this comprehensive work that is lauded for its depth and insight.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Floating Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781776675579
• Artikelnr.: 48036086

Autorenporträt

Washington Irving, (April 3, 1783, New York, - November 28, 1859, New York), writer called the "first American man of letters." He is best known for the short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Early in 1826 he accepted the invitation of Alexander H. Everett to attach himself to the American legation in Spain, where he wrote his Columbus (1828), followed by The Companions of Columbus (1831). Meanwhile, Irving had become absorbed in the legends of the Moorish past and wrote A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (1829) and The Alhambra (1832), a Spanish counterpart of The Sketch Book.