Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963,

The world of Washington Irving / by Van Wyck Brooks. - New York : E.P. Dutton and Company, Incorporated, (c)1944.. - 387 pages ; 22 cm. - - [His Makers and finders: a history of the writer in America, 1800-1915, 1. . - Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963. Makers and finders: a history of the writer in America, 1800-1915 ; 1. .

Sequel to New England: Indian Summer.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Philadelphia in 1800 -- New York -- New England -- The South -- The West -- Thomas Jefferson -- William Dunlap and his circle -- Audubon -- Washington Irving in England -- Cooper: the first phase -- New York: Bryant -- South of the Potomac -- Charleston and the southwest: Simms -- Irving and Cooper abroad -- Poe in the south -- The west: 1830-1840 -- New York: Cooper -- N.P. Willis -- Poe in the north -- Into the forties.



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Irving.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Irving, Washington.


1783-1865


American literature--History and criticism.--1783-1850


United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.
�Etats-Unis--Vie intellectuelle--1783-1865.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Publishers' cloth bindings (Bindings)--England--1944.
Insertions (Provenance)--20th century.

PS208.B873.W675 1944