6-全套美国文学精心整理的各个时期作家作品简介Washington-Irving.pptVIP

Lecture Six;Contents;Washington Irving (1783-1859);Biographical Introduction (1);Working Experience In 1815, went to Europe to take care of his family business, which turned out to be a failure In 1818, he started to write to support himself and his family Spent seventeen years (1815-1832) in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain ;Biographical Introduction (3);Late years In 1832, returned to America Declined a nomination to Congress and to run for the Mayor of New York Made his home at Sunnyside on the Hudson River at Tarrytown Spent the rest of his life leisurely and comfortably except