The original Knickerbocker [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Washington Irving / / Andrew Burstein
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Burstein Andrew
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| Titolo: |
The original Knickerbocker [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Washington Irving / / Andrew Burstein
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Basic Books, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 818.209 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Authors, American - 19th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Praise for The Original Knickerbocker; Contents; MANHATTANITE; CHAPTER 1} New York's Lost Past 1783-1803; CHAPTER 2} Early Travels 1803-1806; CHAPTER 3} Whim-Whams and a Treason Trial 1806-1807; CHAPTER 4} Meet Diedrich Knickerbocker 1808-1809; CHAPTER 5} Irving Goes to War, Sort Of 1810-1815; YEARS ABROAD; CHAPTER 6} Rip Van Winkle Awakes 1815-1819; CHAPTER 7} The Sketch Book Wins Friends 1819-1820; CHAPTER 8} Romantic Europe 1820-1824; CHAPTER 9} Columbus's Biographer 1824-1828; CHAPTER 10} The Alhambra's Writer in Residence 1828-1832; REPATRIATION; CHAPTER 11} Knickerbocker New York 1832 |
| CHAPTER 12} A Tour on the Prairies 1832-1834CHAPTER 13} Sunnyside 1835-1845; CHAPTER 14} In the Shadow of George Washington 1846-1859; CHAPTER 15} The Future of Rip Van Winkle; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Two hundred years after Washington Irving became a household name in America, it is time to rediscover him |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The original Knickerbocker |
| ISBN: | 0-7867-2222-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996248095503316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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