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1、AmericanLiteratureRomanticistWashingtonIrvingFirstgroup：秦毅之0890030401朱凯0890030402王婷0890030403侯苏娟0890030404李燕0890030444WashingtonIrvingIntroductionLifeexperienceWritingstyleContributionMajorworksIntroductionWashingtonIrving（1783-1859）Americanauthor,shortstor
2、ywriter,essayist,poet,travelbookwriter,biographer,andcolumnist.HewasregardedasanearlyromanticwriterintheAmericanliteraryhistory.IrvinghasbeencalledthefatheroftheAmericanshortstory.HeisbestknownforTheLegendofSleepyHollow,inwhichtheschoolmasterIchaboldCraneme
3、etswithaheadlesshorseman,and'RipVanWinkle,'aboutamanwhofallsasleepfor20years.华盛顿·欧文被萨克雷称为“新世界文坛送往旧世界的第一使节”。LifeExperienceWashingtonIrvingwasbornonApril3,1783inNewYorkCity,NewYork.Bornwithstrongpreferenceforliterature,hereadwidelyandwrotealotofpoems,essays,t
4、houghhebecomealawyerafterschooling.Bythetimewhenhewas23yearsold(1809),hehadroamedEngland,Holland,FranceItalyandHudsonValley.LifeExperienceAftercollectingsufficientoriginalmaterialsforwritingandagoodpracticeofeditingajournal,heformedhisparticularpoliticalIde
5、aandwritingstyle.HebeganhisresearchesonAHistoryofNewYork,writtenunderthenameofDiedrichKnickerbocker.AHistoryofNewYorkcameoutin1809,thuswonhimwidepopularity.LifeExperienceWashingtonIrvingwasengagedtomarryMatildaHoffmann,whodiedonApril26,1809attheageof17.Irvi
6、ngneverbecameengaged,ormarriedanyone.In1815IrvingsailedagainforEngland.Thusbegantoremainabroadfor17years.LifeExperienceHesettleddowninasmallvillageandbeganthewritingofTheSketchBookThebookappearedseriallyintheyearsof1819—1820.ItestablishedIrving’sreputationa
7、thomeandabroadanddesignatedthebeginningofAmericanRomanticism.WashingtonIrvingdiedinTarrytown,NewYorkonNovember28,1859.WritingstyleImitative,buthighlyskillfulHiswritingwithgreathumorVividandtruecharactersAvoidmoralizingasmuchaspossibleNevershockingandabitsen
8、timentalattime.“Thestoryistheman.”ContributionHewasthefirstromanticwriter,thefirsttogetinternationalfame.HewasthefatherofAmericanliteratureHemadeshortstoryasagenreHisstoriesbasedonthelegendsofEuropeand
