Washington Irving by Christian Murphy https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm Made with Romanticism en-us 2018-10-31 18:42:42 UTC 2018-11-01 18:36:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png His Life 1100318228 https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299140257 Washington Irving was born in New York City in 1783. He was the youngest of 11 children and was named after George Washington. He served as a U.S. minister to Spain from 1842-1846. He constantly travelled back and forth between the U.K. and the United States making him a literary star in both nations. He was one of the first popular true American authors. ]]> 2018-10-31 18:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299140257 His Famous Published Texts. 1100318228 https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299144842 He is best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, A History of New York, and the Sketch Book.]]> 2018-10-31 18:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299144842 Characteristics of His Writing 1100318228 https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299147055 Washington's works are known to include a lot of humor, imagery, and satire. ]]> 2018-10-31 19:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299147055 Rip Van Winkle 1100318228 https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299150769  Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles; and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. (humor) The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians.(satire) Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity(imagery); and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. ]]> 2018-10-31 19:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299150769 Works Cited 1100318228 https://padlet.com/1100318228/dr1m1rrtnqrm/wish/299154073 Howe, John, and Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle. Little, Brown, 1988.
“Washington Irving.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 20 Oct. 2015, www.biography.com/people/washington-irving-9350087.
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