“美國(guó)文學(xué)之父”歐文經(jīng)典作品:紐約外史(套裝共7冊(cè))
“Knickerbocker'sHistoryofNewYork”isthebookbyWashingtonIrving,anAmericanwriterwhowasborninNewYorkCityonApril3,1783.ItispublishedinDecember,1809,withwhichWashingtonliving,attheageoftwenty-six,firstwonwidecreditandinfluence.Knickerbocker'sHistoryofNewYorkisasatireonself-importantlocalhistoryandcontemporarypolitics.Priortoitspublication,Irvingstartedahoaxakintotoday'sviralmarketingcampaigns;heplacedaseriesofmissingpersonadvertsinNewYorknewspapersseekinginformationonDiedrichKnickerbocker,acrustyDutchhistorianwhohadallegedlygonemissingfromhishotelinNewYorkCity.Today,authorWashingtonIrvingisbestrememberedfortheiconictales"TheLegendofSleepyHollow"and"RipVanWinkle."However,Irvingalsoproducedanumberofwell-regardedworksofhistoryandbiography.Thisbrilliantvolumecombinesfactandfiction,offeringasatiricalhistoryofNewYorkfromtheperspectiveofmake-believeDutchhistorianDiedrichKnickerbocker.
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