A Washington Irving Sketch Book : Reflections on an American Writer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopate, Phillip.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A richly textured portrait of an American man of letters who came to exemplify the writer's life with all its setbacks and triumphs Washington Irving (1783-1859) is often considered America's first professional writer, supporting himself and his family amid the ups and downs of literary fortune.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Washington Irving, New Yorker

An Aside

Irving Goes Abroad

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Rip and Ichabod

The Sketch Book (Continued)

A Chosen Vocation

Among the Painters

A Misfire

The Bachelor

Melancholy Irving

The Dramatist

Tales of a Traveller

Irving's Journals

The Life and Voyages of Columbus

The Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida

The Alhambra: A Gem

The Diplomat

Returning to America

Way Out West: A Tour on the Prairies

Astoria: Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rockies

The Hack Writer

Irving vs. Cooper

Irving and Politics

The Historian

The Conquest of Mexico

Sunnyside

The Ambassador

Life of Mahomet

Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Coming to Rest: Wolfert's Roost

Life of George Washington

The Afterlife of Washington Irving

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Lopate, Phillip A Washington Irving Sketch Book

ISBN:

9780691284446

OCLC:

1593999523