The Crayon Papers

• Autore: Irving Washington
• Pubblicazione: Auckland : , : Floating Press, The, , 1883; ©2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 pages)
• Disciplina: FIC
• Soggetto topico: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Mountjoy: Or Some Passages Out of the Life of a Castle-Builder -- The Great Mississippi Bubble - "A Time of Unexampled Prosperity -- Don Juan: A Spectral Research -- Broek: Of the Dutch Paradise -- Sketches in Paris in 1825 - From the Traveling Note-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent -- American Researches in Italy - Life of Tasso: Recovery of a Lost Portrait of Dante -- The Taking of the Veil -- The Charming Letorières -- The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood - Noted down from His Conversations -- The Seminoles -- Origin of the White, the Red, and the Black Men - A Seminole Tradition -- The Conspiracy of Neamathla - An Authentic Sketch -- Letter from Granada -- Abderahman: Founder of the Dynasty of the Ommiades of Spain -- The Widow's Ordeal: Or a Judicial Trial by Combat -- The Creole Village: A Sketch from a Steamboat -- A Contented Man -- Endnotes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Washington Irving first made an international literary splash with the essay collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This follow-up volume contains a similarly charming mix of sketches, observations, humor writing, and other short pieces.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Crayon Papers
• ISBN: 1-77667-561-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910165061603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II