The original knickerbocker : the life of Washington Irving

Andrew Burstein

Washington Irving-author, ambassador, and Manhattanite-has largely slipped from Americas memory, and yet, his creations are well known. Acclaimed historian Andrew Burstein returns Irving to the context of his native nineteenth century where he was an international celebrity-both a comic genius and the first American to earn his living as an author. Irving traveled through Europe and America, excavating tales and writing popular social satire, beloved childrens stories, gothic drama, and picturesque history. He gave his young nation such enduring tales as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. His 1809 burlesque, A History of New York, popularized the figure of jolly old St. Nicholas, and gave birth to the modern American Christmas. Irving was the original Knickerbocker; he also coined Gotham as the name for New York. By showing Irving as a leading architect of the American personality Burstein has managed to reinvigorate the legacy of one our nations most outsized literary talents as well as to help us better understand the country we live in.

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書名 The original knickerbocker : the life of Washington Irving
著作者等 Burstein, Andrew
出版元 Basic Books
刊行年月 c2007
ページ数 x, 420 p., [8] p. of plates
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780465008537
NCID BB09948438
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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