“美國文學之父”歐文經典作品：紐約外史（套裝共7冊）
“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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