A heroic portrait of the Indian leader.
" Washington Irving begins with a sympathetic description of American Indians. He had been reading an account of early colonial history, and it pained him to perceive “how the footsteps of civilization may be traced in the blood of the aborigines.” He mentioned Philip of Pokanoket as an example of a...More
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus and the Moors. Irving served as American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville and Edgar...More
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus and the Moors. Irving served as American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe. He was also admired by some British writers, including Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, Francis Jeffrey and Walter Scott. He advocated for writing as a legitimate profession and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement.
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A heroic portrait of the Indian leader.
" Washington Irving begins with a sympathetic description of American Indians. He had been reading an account of early colonial history, and it pained him to perceive “how the footsteps of civilization may be traced in the blood of the aborigines.” He mentioned Philip of Pokanoket as an example of a brave and noble heart that was “broken down and trampled in the dust.” (All quotations in this article are from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories,” published by Penguin Books.)
Philip was a sachem (chief) of the Wampanoag tribe. He was the son of Massasoit, who had generously helped the English colonists during their early years in America, when he could have easily overwhelmed them with his power." - by pop tug
Washington Irving
