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Washington Irving
Brian Jay Jones
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The Definitive Biography of America's First Bestselling Author
出版Skyhorse, 2011-10-11
主題Biography & Autobiography / Literary FiguresHistory / United States / 19th CenturyLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Modern / 19th Century
ISBN162872188X9781628721881
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xP0sAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Brian Jay Jones crafts a deft biography of the author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip van Winkle”: quintessential New Yorker, presidential confidant, diplomat, lawyer, and fascinating charmer. The first American writer to make his pen his primary means of support, Washington Irving rocketed to fame at the age of twenty-six. In 1809 he published A History of New York under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, to great acclaim. The public’s appetite for all things Irving was insatiable; his name alone guaranteed sales.
At the time, he was one of the most famous men in the world, a friend of Dickens, Hawthorne, and Longfellow, as well as Astor, van Buren, and Madison. But his sparkling public persona was only one side of this gentleman author. In brilliant, meticulous strokes, Brian Jay Jones renders Washington Irving in all his flawed splendor—someone who fretted about money and employment, suffered from writer’s block, and doggedly cultivated his reputation. Jones offers a very human portrait of the often contrasting public and private lives of this true American original.