Sanctuaries in Washington Irving's "The Sketch Book" - The Sketch Book

The present volume comprises a collection of wonderful and insightful essays exploring the theme of sanctuaries in Washington Irving's The Sketch Book. These are sanctuaries of natural beauty, peacefulness, architectural splendor, and mythical vitality. In addition, the book presents a short history of sanctuaries in nineteenth-century American and European literature.

List of contents

Contents: Sanctuaries in Nineteenth Century American and European Literature - Rip Van Winkle - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Sanctuaries in «The Mutability of Literature» and Other Essays.

About the author

Hugo G. Walter earned his BA at Princeton University, his MA at Old Dominion University, his PhD in literature at Yale University, and his PhD in interdisciplinary humanities at Drew University. He is Professor of English and Humanities at Berkeley College Online. Walter's most recent publications include Beautiful Sanctuaries in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century European Literature (Lang, 2011) and Magnificent Houses in Twentieth-Century European Literature (Lang, 2012). In addition, he has published ten volumes of poetry.

Summary

This volume comprises a collection of insightful essays exploring the theme of sanctuaries in Washington Irving's The Sketch Book. These are sanctuaries of natural beauty, peacefulness, architectural splendor, and mythical vitality. In addition, the book presents a short history of sanctuaries in nineteenth-century American and European literature.

Report

«This book by Hugo Walter is a thoughtful, insightful, and most comprehensive treatment of the concept of sanctuary in literature and a delight to read. It will make a perfect addition to any library of great literature.» (Mary Jane Clerkin, Berkeley College Online)
«This book is a profound examination of spaces of renewal and vitality found in literature and art. While the focus is on Irving, Professor Walter incorporates his expansive knowledge of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature to create a compelling argument that these sanctuaries are powerful constants in all of world literature.» (Richard Schultz, Berkeley College)

Product details

• Authors: Hugo G Walter, Hugo G. Walter, Walter Hugo G.
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781433125737
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-2573-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 21 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature; Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sketch, Beauty, Washington, Horst, History, English, Hugo, WALTER, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Sanctuaries, Language teaching theory and methods, ELT Background & Reference Material, LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, Daemmrich, vitality, Book», Irving's, peacefulness