The Complete Tales Of Washington IrvingHachette Books, 9.09.2009 г. - 840 страници Washington Irving (1783-1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service as a diplomat, Irving was amazingly prolific: His collected works fill forty volumes that encompass essays, history, travel writings, and multi-volume biographies of Columbus and Washington. But it is Irving's mastery of suspense, characterization, tempo, and irony that transforms his fiction into virtuoso performances, earning him his reputation as the father of the American short story. Charles Neider has gathered all sixty-one of Irving's tales, originally scattered throughout his many collections of nonfiction essays and sketches, into one magnificent volume. Together, they reveal his wide range: besides the expected classics like "Rip Van Winkle," "The Spectre Bridegroom," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and "The Devil and Tom Walker," his fiction embraces realistic tales, ghost stories, parodies, legends, fables, and satires. For those familiar only with secondhand retellings of Irving's most famous tales, this collection offers the opportunity to step inside Washington Irving's imagination and partake of its innumerable and timeless pleasures. |
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... story,which I first read manyyears ago, is stillsharp and vividfor me,its humor extremelyviable.It is literary artistry at its finest. I believeI first encountered itina juniorhigh school in Richmond, Virginia, where it was assigned ...
... story,which I first read manyyears ago, is stillsharp and vividfor me,its humor extremelyviable.It is literary artistry at its finest. I believeI first encountered itina juniorhigh school in Richmond, Virginia, where it was assigned ...
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... stories. “TheStudentof Salamanca” is one of Irving's lessfortunate productions. Fm at a loss to explain his errorsof ... story, with itsforeign setting (“Honfleur inlower Normandy), might easily have beendiffuse, itspsychology maudlin ...
... stories. “TheStudentof Salamanca” is one of Irving's lessfortunate productions. Fm at a loss to explain his errorsof ... story, with itsforeign setting (“Honfleur inlower Normandy), might easily have beendiffuse, itspsychology maudlin ...
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... story. Now wehave Washington Irving: Geoffrey Crayon: Diedrich Knickerbocker: John Josse Vandermoere: Antony Vander Heyden: MynheerSelyne: an unidentified friendof DolphHeyliger: Dolph Heyliger: the tale. The story ends: “It may not be ...
... story. Now wehave Washington Irving: Geoffrey Crayon: Diedrich Knickerbocker: John Josse Vandermoere: Antony Vander Heyden: MynheerSelyne: an unidentified friendof DolphHeyliger: Dolph Heyliger: the tale. The story ends: “It may not be ...
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... stories, containing nothing but stories; stories that often toyed with the reader; thatat times hadan unpleasant realistic bite despitea tackedonhappy ending;thatincluded rape,insanity, murder and, perhaps worse,lese majesty towardthe ...
... stories, containing nothing but stories; stories that often toyed with the reader; thatat times hadan unpleasant realistic bite despitea tackedonhappy ending;thatincluded rape,insanity, murder and, perhaps worse,lese majesty towardthe ...
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... story than the way inwhichit istold. For my part,I considera story merelyas aframe onwhich to stretch my materials.Itis the playofthought, and sentiment, and language; the weaving in of characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ...
... story than the way inwhichit istold. For my part,I considera story merelyas aframe onwhich to stretch my materials.Itis the playofthought, and sentiment, and language; the weaving in of characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ...
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