American literature Washington Irving – Flashcards
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Who was Irving named after
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George Washington
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Who is the German legend of goatherd
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Peter klaus
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Irvin's study of _____ remained the standard for a 100 years
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Columbus
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Irvings biographies were about who 1. 2.
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Oliver Goldsmith and George Washington
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What did the sketch book include?
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2 essays on Indians
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Who wrote the sketchbook and showed Irvings interests in landscape painting (pen name)
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Geoffrey Crayon
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Includes irvings famous short stories, and is the pivotal work in Irvings career
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The Sketch Book
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Deidrich knickerbocker wrote? And also the greatest 1st literary
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History of New York
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Irvings famous short stories 1 2 3
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1) rip van winkle 2) the legend of sleepy hollow 3) the devil and tom walker
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What is rip van winkle based off of and where is it set?
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German legend of goat herd and set in New York in catskill mountains
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Where did he adapt material?
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German tales
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A short story gives a form that brings ? And ?
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Enjoyment; insight of human nature
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What did Irving create by combining narrative tales and essays of character
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Short story
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Prior to Irving what were Americans occupied with?
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Surviving, setting, land, gaining political independence
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Why is Irving a transitional writer?
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Marked a clear break in American literature; wrote about entertainment
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Goal of Irvings writing was ?
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Entertainment
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What writers did he inspire?
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Longfellow, dickens, twain, sir Walter scott
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Define local color
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The use of specific details describing the dress,dialect, customs,and scenery associated with a particular region or geographical section of the country
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Irving attributed to what school?
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Beginning of local color school of education
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Contained funny wicked spoofs, well known figured, included Thomas Jefferson
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A history of New York
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An old historian
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Dietrich knickerbocker
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New Yorkers nominated Irving for what ? But declined
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Mayor of New York
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Universal theme
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Desire to escape trouble
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Irving returned to the U.S. With what two awards?
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1. Medal from English royal society of literature 2. Honorary degree from Oxford
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Story theme
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Change
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What helped stimulate Irvings I,agitation
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Traveling through England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain
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Irvings travel gave him material to write what?
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Sketchbook
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What caused Irving to totally fulfill his career in literature
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Families business going bankrupt
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What accounts for the melancholic cast over much of Irvings work after his past
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Death of his fiancé Matilda Hoffman
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What did Irving train as? And what did he reveal early in his career?
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Lawyer and literary ability
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Where was Irving born
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New York City
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Pen names and titles 1 2 3
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1. Jonathan old style, gent 2. Dietrich knickerbocker 3. Geoffrey crayon; an American gentlemen
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Had as many ? As famous books
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Pseudonyms
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How old was Irving before his name appeared on a book
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50
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When is Irving writing (what period)
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Romantic period
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What dates does Irving write,
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1783-1859
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Known as father of American literature and the first man of American letters
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Irving
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Define antihero
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The protagonist of a play, short story, or novel who has the converse of most of the transitional attributes of the hero
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The man who missed his wake up call, made success from failure, to become a genuine American antihero
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Rip van winkle
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What became American icons by Irving
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Financial creations
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First American writer to achieve an international literary reputation
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Irving
