Washington Irving : selected writings / general editors, The Broadview anthology of American literature: Derrick R. Spires (Cornell University), Rachel Greenwald Smith (Saint Louis University), Christina Roberts (Seattle University), Joseph Rezek (Boston University), Justine S. Murison (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Laura L. Mielke (University of Kansas), Christopher Looby (University of California, Los Angeles), Rodrigo Lazo (University of California, Irvine), Alisha Knight (Washington College), Hsuan L. Hsu (University of California, Davis), Michael Everton (Simon Fraser University), Christine Bold (University of Guelph).
| Author/creator |
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 author. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. History of New York. Selections. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent. Selections. |
| Included Work | Spires, Derrick Ramon, editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | A Broadview anthology of American literature edition. |
| Publication Info | Peterborough, Ontario ; Tonawanda, NY : Broadview Press, [2023] |
| Description | 141 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
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| Uniform title | Works. Selections (2023) |
| Series | The Broadview anthology of American literature |
| Abstract | "Two of Washington Irving's works of short fiction from his 1819-20 work, The Sketch Book--Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow--are among the most enduringly popular of American classics. In his own day, Irving's works were widely read in Britain as well as in America; the English novelist William Makepiece Thackeray described him as "the first ambassador whom the New World of Letters sent to the Old." This edition takes notice of transatlantic literary history with an appendix of reviews from American and British newspapers, and by printing in facing page format the American and British versions of "Traits of Indian Character" (which differed from each other in a variety of interesting ways). Also included are an excerpt from Irving's first major work, A History of New York; excerpts from a key source that Irving drew on for "Rip Van Winkle"; and a selection of illustrations showing some of the ways in which this character was imagined in nineteenth-century America. With a concise but wide-ranging introduction and extensive explanatory notes, this edition is ideally suited for course use. This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature; like the others, it is designed to make a range of material from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Works. Selections (2023) Washington Irving. Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2023 1770489061 9781770489066 |
| ISBN | 9781554816378 |
| ISBN | 1554816378 paperback |
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