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In The Sketch-Book Washington Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. He sketches a series of encounters with the cultural shrines of the parent nation, and in two brilliant experiments with tales transplanted from Europe creates the first classic American short stories, `Rip Van Winkle' and `The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow'.

The SketchBook of Geoffrey Crayon Gent.

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 30 July 2009
      ISBN-13 9780199555819
      978-0199555819
      ISBN-10 0199555818
      Also in:
      Anthologies & Short Stories Classics ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Books by Washington Irving

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      Book Synopsis
      In The Sketch-Book Washington Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. He sketches a series of encounters with the cultural shrines of the parent nation, and in two brilliant experiments with tales transplanted from Europe creates the first classic American short stories, `Rip Van Winkle' and `The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow'.

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