文档介绍：华盛顿欧文英文简介
Washington Irving
华盛顿欧文英文简介
目录
Appreciation of his works
Introduction of American Romanticism
Introduction of
Irving’s contribution to American Literature
华盛顿欧文英文简介
American Romanticism(1810s-1860s)
The Romantic Period covers the first half of  the 19th century. A rising America with its  ideals of democracy and equality, its industrialization, its western expansion, and a variety of foreign influences such as Sir Walter Scott  were among the important factors which made literary expansion and expression not only possible but also inevitable in the period  immediately following the nation’s political independence. Yet,
华盛顿欧文英文简介
Romantics frequently shared certain general characteristics: moral enthusiasm, faith in value of individualism and a presumption that the natural world was a source of goodness and  man’s societies a source of corruption. Romantic values were prominent in American politics, art, and philosophy until the Civil War. The  romantic exaltation of the individual suited  the nation’s revolutionary heritage and its  frontier egalitarianism.
华盛顿欧文英文简介
About Irving
Works of Irving
Position in American Literature
Brief introduction of Irving
华盛顿欧文英文简介
Introduction of
Born:3,April,1783 Died:28 November,1859
He was an American author ,essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century.
Irving also is the minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846
华盛顿欧文英文简介
Works
1809 His first book A History of New York《纽约外史》was a great success and won him wide popularity
1819-1820 With the publication of The Sketch Book《见闻札记》又名《柑掌录》, he won a measure of international recognition
1828 The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
华盛顿欧文英文简介
1829 A Chronic of the Conquest of Granada
1832 The Alhambra
1842-1846 Life of Goldsmith
Life of Washington
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华盛顿欧文英文简介
Position in American Literature
He was the first Ame