THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.Washington IrvingWith 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.
399 pages of great reading!
My late father had collected many fine books - this is one from his estate.
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Published by: The Heritage Press
Copyright © 1939 by The Heritage Press for George Macy Companies, Inc. | Other Data:
Size, inches (approx) 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 1/2
Weight, ounces (approx) 26 |
Item Condition:
This hardcover book is used and in good condition with slip cover. |
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