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会计学;Washington Irving(1783-1859);I. Position in American literature;4. the first belletrist in American literature, writing for pleasure at a time when writing was practical and for useful purposes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- belletrist n. 纯文学作者;5. the first American writer to earn his living solely by his pen 6. the first American literary humorist 7. the first modern short story writer 8. the first to write history and biography as entertainment ;9. His use of the gothic looks forward to Poe. 10. the messenger sent from the new wo