On this day in literature . . .
. . . a bond of £40 was entered to secure the marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway at Stratford upon Avon, 1582.
. . . John Bunyan (The Pilgrim's Progress) was born in Elstow, England, 1628.
. . . William Blake (British poet) was born in London, 1757.
. . . Washington Irving died in New York, 1859.
Washington Irving, best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is a key figure in American literature, for he marks the beginning of American Romanticism. With the publication of The Sketchbook in 1820, Irving set a new standard for American literature, one that advocated entertainment rather than didacticism. It would change the way Americans wrote and read. Irving was part of a literary group known as the Knickerbockers (named after Irving's famous narrator); they were centered in New York, and the group included the novelist James Fennimore Cooper (The Last of the Mohicans) and the poet William Cullen Bryant ("Thanatopsis").
. . . John Bunyan (The Pilgrim's Progress) was born in Elstow, England, 1628.
. . . William Blake (British poet) was born in London, 1757.
. . . Washington Irving died in New York, 1859.
Washington Irving, best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is a key figure in American literature, for he marks the beginning of American Romanticism. With the publication of The Sketchbook in 1820, Irving set a new standard for American literature, one that advocated entertainment rather than didacticism. It would change the way Americans wrote and read. Irving was part of a literary group known as the Knickerbockers (named after Irving's famous narrator); they were centered in New York, and the group included the novelist James Fennimore Cooper (The Last of the Mohicans) and the poet William Cullen Bryant ("Thanatopsis").
posted by Andrea at 4:33 PM
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I love this kind of stuff!
How did you find this out? Is there a website you visit or subscribe to?
I picked up A Book of Days for the Literary Year(edited by Neal T. Jones) at a library book sale recently, so I'm pulling the information from that book. I don't know if there's a website that would supply the same sort of information, but if you find one, let me know.
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