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Washington Irving | | Variant Name: |
Fray Antonio Agapida, Geoffrey Crayon, Diedrich Knickerbocker, Launcelot Langstaff, Jonathan Oldstyle | | Birth Date: |
April 3, 1783 | | Death Date: |
November 28, 1859 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Place of Death: |
Irvington, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
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 Biography of Washington Irving
15,873 words, approx. 53 pages
 "I seek only to blow a flute accompaniment in the national concert, and leave others to play the fiddle & frenchhorn," Washington Irving said in an 1819 letter. While his flute music for a time was a dominant strain, it still remains discernible in... summary from source:
 Biography of Washington Irving
12,298 words, approx. 41 pages
Washington Irving was America's first successful professional man of letters, a gifted teller of tales, especially as a native humorist, a romantic historian, and an influential prose stylist. As a writer by profession, with The Sketch Book (1819-1820)... summary from source:
Biography of Washington Irving
11,468 words, approx. 38 pages
Washington Irving was America's first successful professional man of letters, a gifted teller of tales, especially as a native humorist, a romantic historian, and an influential prose stylist. As a writer by profession, with the Sketch Book (1819-1820)...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Washington Irving - (1783 - 1859) Summary
10,245 words, approx. 34 pagesWashington Irving - (1783 - 1859) (Also wrote under the pseudonyms Fray Antonio Agapida, Geoffrey Crayon, Diedrich Knickerbocker, Launcelot Langstaff, and Jonathan Oldstyle) American short story writer, essayist, historian, journalist, and biographer.... summary from source:
 Washington Irving Information
2,110 words, approx. 7 pages
 Washington Irving Irving-Washington-LOC.jpg}} | Washington Irving Born April 3 1783 ( 1783-04-03 ) New York , New York , United States Died November 28 1859 (aged 76) Sunnyside , New York , United States Occupation Short story writer, essayist,...
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12/20/2007: 277 words, approx. 1 pagesThe FBI is investigating accusations of police brutality and misconduct in the historic village of Sleepy Hollow after officers used stun guns on a 16-year-old boy and another man on separate occasions, the mayor said Wednesday.The FBI notified the village about a month ago that... summary from source:
AP-Travel Online Literary Pilgrimage in Upstate New York
9/11/2006: 1,482 words, approx. 5 pages Twin baby grand pianos stand in the living room of a white clapboard farmhouse high on the Taconic Ridge on the border of New York and Massachusetts. Here the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay composed and played...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Laura J. Murray
11,114 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Murray discusses early American views on identity and nationality through an analysis of the works of Irving and William Apess.
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Critical Essay by Marjorie Pryse
9,991 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following essay, Pryse explores the advent of regionalism by comparing Harriet Beecher Stowe's “Uncle Lot” to Irving's “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.”
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Critical Essay by Brian Harding
9,057 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Harding probes Irving's complex relationship with Western expansion as evident in A Tour on the Prairies, Astoria, and The Adventures of Captain Bonneville.
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