Washington Irving

Table of Contents:

00:23 - Just a few months before Smith’s question, an American writer named Washington Irvingbegan publishing a series of essays and tales called The Sketch Book.
00:33 - First True “American” Writer
00:48 - Sought to Entertain
01:05 - Sought to Entertain
01:13 - Washington Irving (1783-1859)
01:24 - Biographical Information
01:25 - Biographical Information
01:44 - Home of Washington Irving, New York
01:49 - Writing Career Begins
02:42 - Career Shifts to Europe in 1815
03:15 - Literary Career Continues
03:31 - Irving’s Literary Pseudonyms
03:39 - Irving Widely Recognized
03:50 - Returns to America in 1832
04:40 - First Genuine American Stories