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Pathos, humor in Irving's West.(BOOKS)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20040509
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Byline: William H. Pritchard, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Washington Irving returned to America in 1832 after a 17-year-long sojourn in England and Spain. He had published volumes of stories and sketches ("The Sketch Book," "Bracebridge Hall" and "Tales of a Traveller"), had traveled in and written about Spain (he would later become ambassador there), and was widely regarded as America's premier man of letters.

Yet as he stepped onto home ground in New York City "old doubts recurred," since "everything had changed." "Huge edifices and lofty piles had sprung up in the ...

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