Washington Irving And Other Essays
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780548044605
Subjects: Essays; Literary Collections / Essays; Literature - Classics / Criticism
First sentence: Though Washington Irving has the distinction of having been the first literary genius which this country produced and the first American author to win recognition in Europe, it cannot be claimed for him that in any of the fields of literature which he cultivated he was an imposing writer.