ia membuat debut pertamanya pada 1802 dengan serangkaian surat pengamatan kepada morning chronicle, ditulis dengan pseudonim jonathan oldstyle.
setelah pindah ke inggris demi bisnis keluarga tahun 1815, ia mendapatkan ketenaran internasional dengan diterbitkannya the sketch book of geoffrey crayon, gent. tahun 1819.
ia terus menerbitkan karya secara rutindan hampir selalu suksessepanjang hidupnya, dan menyelesaikan biografi george washington sebanyak lima volume delapan bulan sebelum kematiannya pada usia 76 tahun di tarrytown, new york.
irving, bersama james fenimore cooper, termasuk di antara para penulis pertama amerika serikat yang berpengaruh di eropa, dan irving mendorong para penulis amerika seperti nathaniel hawthorne, herman melville, henry wadsworth longfellow, dan edgar allan poe. irving juga disukai oleh sejumlah penulis eropa, seperti sir walter scott, lord byron, thomas campbell, francis jeffrey, dan charles dickens.
sebagai penulis terlaris internasional pertama as, irving mengakui menulis sebagai profesi yang sah, dan meminta hukum yang lebih kuat untuk melindungi penulis amerika dari pelanggaran hak cipta.
letters of jonathan oldstyle
launcelot langstaff, will wizard
a history of new york
the sketch book of geoffrey crayon, gent.
tales of a traveller
the life and voyages of christopher columbus
the chronicles of the conquest of granada
fray antonio agapidairving's publisher, john murray, overrode irving's decision to use this pseudonym and published the book under irving's namemuch to the annoyance of its author.
see jones 258-59.
voyages and discoveriesof the companions of columbus
tales of the alhambra
"the author of the sketch book"
the crayon miscellanycomposed of the three short stories "a tour on the prairies", "abbotsford and newstead abbey", and "legends of the conquest of spain".
the adventures of captain bonneville
the life of oliver goldsmith
biography and poetical remainsof the late margaret miller davidson
mahomet and his successors
geoffrey crayondiedrich knickerbockerwashington irving
the life of george washington (5 volume)
the original knickerbocker: the life of washington irving.
(basic books, 2007).
bowers, claude g. the spanish adventures of washington irving.
(riverside press, 1940).
hellman, george s. washington irving, esquire.
(alfred a. knopf, 1925).
(2001) god &
reason in the middle ages, cambridge university press, isbn 978-0-521-80279-2 hardcover; isbn 978-0-521-00337-7 softcover.
grant, john. (2006) discarded science: ideas that seemed good at the time ... [sic], ff&f (facts, figures &
fun), publisher, isbn 978-1-904332-49-7 hardcover.
irving, pierre m. life and letters of washington irving.
4 vols. (g.p. putnam, 1862).
cited herein as pmi.
the complete works of washington irving.
(rust, et al., editors). 30 vols. (university of wisconsin/twayne, 19691986).
cited herein as works.
(1828) history of the life of christopher columbus, 3 volumes, 1828, g. & c. carvill, publishers, new york, new york; as 4 volumes, 1828, john murray, publisher, london; and as 4 volumes, 1828, paris a. and w. galignani, publishers, france.
(1829) the life and voyage of christopher columbus, 1 volume, 1829, g. & c. & h. carvill, publishers, new york, new york; an abridged version prepared by irving of his 1828 work.
jones, brian jay. washington irving: an american original.
warner, charles dudley.
(riverside press, 1881).
williams, stanley t. the life of washington irving.
(oxford university press, 1935).
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