Washington Irving: An American Study, 1802-1832

by William L. Hedges and Professor William L. Hedges

Book Overview

Originally published in 1965. Despite his prolificacy, Washington Irving remained an underexamined figure among literary scholars at the time William L. Hedges published his definitive study of the author in 1965. Most contemporary scholars believed that Irving's central contribution to the American literary tradition was that his work was "polished" and "suave." These scholars maintained that Irving's aristocratic sensibilities defined the stylistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421435845
• ISBN13: 9781421435848
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"