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American LiteratureRomanticistWashington Irving 史凌云120090713125 罗艳兰120090713121 李 静120090713119 董 曼120090713112 陈伟龙120090713129 Washington Irving Introduction Life experience Major works Evaluation Introduction Washington Irving（1783-1859 ）American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. He was regarded as an early romantic writer in the American literary history. Irving has been called the father of the American short story. Life experience Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783 into a wealthy merchant family in New York City, New York. Born with strong preference for literature, he read widely and wrote a lot of poems, essays, though he become a lawyer after schooling. By the time when he was 23 years old (1809),he had roamed England, Holland, France Italy and Hudson Valley. Life experience After collecting sufficient original materials for writing and a good practice of editing a journal ,he formed his particular political Idea and writing style . He began his researches on A History of New York , written under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker. A History of New York came out in 1809, thus won him wide popularity. Life experience Washington Irving was engaged to marry Matilda Hoffman, who died on April 26, 1809 at the age of 17. Irving never became engaged, or married anyone. In 1815 Irving sailed again for England to take care of his family business , and when it failed ,had to write to support himself .He had lived in England for 17 years. Life experience He settled down in a small village and began the writing of The Sketch Book The book appeared serially in the years of 1819—1820. It established Irving’s reputation at home and abroad and designated the beginning of American Romanticism. Washington Irving died in Tarrytown, New York on November 28, 1859. Washington Irving’s grave Major works A History of New York 1809 《纽约外史》 The Sketch Book 1819-182