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Adrift in the Old World: The Psychological Pilgrimage of Washington Irving
by Rubin-Dorsky, Jeffrey
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0226730948
- ISBN 13
- 9780226730943
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey cloth, foil titles on spine, xix, 303 pp, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the preface, "Washington Irving has been stereotyped primarily as the last significant American writer who aspired to and achieved a classic English style, and as the conservator of aristocratic values in a rapidly changing republic. Adrift in the Old World is dedicated to overturning this notion of Irving as an Anglicized writer by establishing his 'Americanness,' meaning, by that elusive term, that he was shaped by, and came to identify himself with, his country and its particular heritage." To do this, Professor Rubin-Dorsky discusses and analyzes The Sketch Book, "Rip Van Winkle," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Bracebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, and The Alhambra. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LICR00023
- Title
- Adrift in the Old World: The Psychological Pilgrimage of Washington Irving
- Author
- Rubin-Dorsky, Jeffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226730948
- ISBN 13
- 9780226730943
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature - Criticism & History;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 23½ X 16 cm
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