The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon

his passion as his profession. Throughout his life, Irving traveled constantly; from London, England, to Madrid, Spain, as well as the Western prairie frontiers of his homeland. His most renowned work, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., is a Salmagundi (the title of another of his books) of essays, short stories, and tales heavily influenced by German folklore. In this collection, Irving frequently describes abstract ideas and ongoing situations with the expert use of analogies and metaphors

himself in a variety of genres” including “essay, sketch, history, travel, humor, and short stories”, during the later years of his life, his writings concentrated on travel and history (May 519). His first book included “Rip Van Winkle”, which was loosely based on Germany's legends (“Washington Irving” 142). Irving “published The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent in 1819” (May 520). The book was published “under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon” and included approximately thirty pieces of literature

Similarly, in these books, Irving balanced the demands of commerce and art, of appeals to greed and to cultural values (Anderson par 6). In"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Washington Irving uses the themes artificiality vs. naturalness; hypocrisy, greed, and industrialism as threats

Washington Irving Diedrich Knickerbocker; Geoffrey Crayon; Henry A. Buchanan; Jonathan Oldstyle. All were famous writers of the nineteenth century. All had one important thing in common-they are all one man-Washington Irving. Using these pen names, among many, Irving developed a legacy of utilizing European culture to cultivate American aspects of literature. Fred Lewis Pattee asserted, "American short story began in 1819 wit Washington Irving." (Gale Group 4) Irving is best known for

working in the law office. After leaving the law office he decided to go work in various different offices including writing for a couple of newspapers which was edited by his brother, Peter. Washington Irving first full length book appeared in December 1809. Many of the book plays were about the dutch settlers and the british. Irving continue to write for various newspapers until the death of his fiance, Matilda Hoffman, this left Irving struggling for several years. After struggling for about six

York City merchant family in 1783. In his twenties, he wrote for newspapers, journals, and magazines. Shortly afterward, he worked in publishing and editing. As the first American belletrist, Erving found great enjoyment in writing. His first notable book, (which he heralded the release of with a fanciful precursor,) was A History of New York (1809). It was published under one of his many clever pseudonyms, (faux historian), Diedrich Knickerbocker. When Irving was thirty-six years old, the simultaneous

Winkle from “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,” sets a considerable debate among critics relating to the author’s attitude toward gender problems. As many critics arguing, especially female ones, the women in Rip Van Winkle are not described as nice. Rip’s wife portrays as a grumbling woman, who is always fighting with her husband. As a result of this kind of representation, some critics accuse Irving with anti-feminism attitude. For example, Judith Fetterley begins her book The Resisting Reader:

says Washington Irving in a letter to a friend (Letters 446). This statement reveals Irving's intense emotional condition, and in many ways indicates the intense social atmosphere as well as his personal conflicts, during the composition of The Sketch Book. Upon the bankruptcy of his family's fortune, of which he depended on solely for his monetary security, Irving found himself flung into the "galling mortifications of independence" (Letters 487). In response to this trauma, he sailed to England

his sibling by marriage, his everything the all the more without a doubt comprehended works didn't come until a touch later. His first authentic work was a book titled "A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the end of the Dutch Dynasty" that was dispersed in 1809, the year he got out the law field. Irving created the book using a pseudonym of Deidrich Knickerbocker, which is the spot the New York Knicks get their name from. Irving's family had a hardware store, and soon obliged

publishing and editing. As a true belletrist, Erving found great enjoyment in writing. His first notable book, (which he heralded the release of with a fanciful precursor,) was A History of New York (1809), published under one of his many clever, pseudonyms “Diedrich Knickerbocker.” When Irving was thirty-six years old, the simultaneous publications of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819), in