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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... voice has any effect fromtrusting their fortunesto the pen.... Do not meddle much withworks ofthe imagination. Your imagination needs nofeeding; indeed itis a mental quality that alwaystakes care of itself; andistooapt to interfere with ...
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... voice,”even, to a degree,his own style.Melodramais the result. It's almost asif some untalentedevil genius inhabiting Irving's skull wrote the tale while Irvingwas drugged. Mark Twain, a great humorist, could also fall intosucherrors ...
... voice,”even, to a degree,his own style.Melodramais the result. It's almost asif some untalentedevil genius inhabiting Irving's skull wrote the tale while Irvingwas drugged. Mark Twain, a great humorist, could also fall intosucherrors ...
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Charles Neider. fictional talent? Why does he seem so distrustful of his own voice in his fictions? Is it because his ... voices inthe chorus supposedlytelling the story. Now wehave Washington Irving: Geoffrey Crayon: Diedrich ...
Charles Neider. fictional talent? Why does he seem so distrustful of his own voice in his fictions? Is it because his ... voices inthe chorus supposedlytelling the story. Now wehave Washington Irving: Geoffrey Crayon: Diedrich ...
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... voice behind the walls of Moorish and Spanish lore, legend, romanceandhistory. They are not much to my liking, forinthem too often Imisshis irony,humor, hissubtle charm—qualities, by the way, not lacking in the rest of.
... voice behind the walls of Moorish and Spanish lore, legend, romanceandhistory. They are not much to my liking, forinthem too often Imisshis irony,humor, hissubtle charm—qualities, by the way, not lacking in the rest of.
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... voice from a distance, hallooing, “RipVan Winkle, Rip VanWinkle!” Helooked around, but could see nothing but a crow winging its solitary flightacross the mountain. Hethought hisfancymust havedeceived him,and turned again todescend, when ...
... voice from a distance, hallooing, “RipVan Winkle, Rip VanWinkle!” Helooked around, but could see nothing but a crow winging its solitary flightacross the mountain. Hethought hisfancymust havedeceived him,and turned again todescend, when ...
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