In many cases while reading through literature‚ there is a concept or deeper significance rooted beyond the presented plotline. This is strongly the case with Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Published in 1819‚ The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon is a collection of short stories of character Jeoffrey Crayon’s impressions as an American traveling through Europe. Greatly interested in history and old customs‚ he ends up in rural areas of Britain‚ where these practices still flourish
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THE PINNACLE OF SHAKESPEARE ’S DRAMATIC ART. IN RECENT YEARS‚ FILMMAKERS HAVE RE-CONTEXTUALIZED HIS WORKS‚ INTO A NUMBER OF MORE MODERN SETTINGS‚ IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIS WORK MORE UNDERSTANDABLE TO CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCES. ONE SUCH ADAPTATION IS GEOFFREY SAX ’S ’OTHELLO ’. SET IN LONDON‚ IT DETAILS AN ENGLISH-BORN BLACK POLICE OFFICER‚ JOHN OTHELLO‚ A RISING STAR IN LONDON ’S POLICE DEPARTMENT‚ KNOWN FOR HIS INTEGRITY‚ MORAL PRINCIPLES AND COMPETENCE ON THE JOB. AFTER A CASE OF FALSE ARREST AND
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relation between Shakespeare and Indian audience has always been confined within the affluent‚ aristocrat‚ upper or upper-middle class society. In India‚ Shakespeare has not been able to reach to the Indian ‘groundlings’. In this scenario‚ the tour of Geoffrey Kendal with his professional repertory theatre company‚
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Geoffrey Moore (1999) stated that‚ regarding a smooth bell curve of the traditional Technology Adoption Life Cycle‚ there are five groups of high tech customers which are innovators‚ early adopters‚ early majority‚ late majority‚ and laggards. The way to get these customers is to work the curve from left to right. Since the early majority (pragmatists) and late majority (conservatives) are the two big groups in the middle‚ to be successful‚ the high tech companies have to sell the product to them
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Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon. This collection contained short stories based off of European folk tales but in American settings‚ as well as essays. Included in the collection is Rip Van Winkle‚ which was based off of the German folktale‚ Peter Klaus. The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon became a success and was well-received by Europe‚ in which during the collection’s publication‚ 1819‚ did not respect American literature and even thought there was no such thing. The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon became
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1815. During his travels‚ he met he English writers who would be most influential on him and his writings. The group consisted of Joseph Addison‚ Oliver Goldsmith‚ and Sir Walter Scott. One of his earliest works was published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon in 1819‚ The Sketch Book. Included in this work of art were two American tales which he is probably best known for‚ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Through his writings‚ Irving composes two different types of stories. His
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of the best-known characters in American popular culture‚ widely recognized through his many appearances and references in books‚ movies‚ cartoons‚ and advertisements. The story was first published in 1819 in a collection called The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon‚ Gent. The book was issued in installments in the United States and was so successful that Irving arranged for a British edition. This became the first book by an American writer to achieve international success. While many pieces from the
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British from London best known for his post-modernist literature and crime fiction novels. His most prestigious awards include a Man Booker Prize Award in 2011 and three shortlists for the same in 2005‚ 1998‚ and 1984. He is also the winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize‚ the Somerset Maugham Award and the Commandeur of L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He typically writes his crime fiction under the moniker of Dan Kavagh. He has also written numerous essays‚ short stories and novels under his
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story and the form it takes can help us understand its content. In 1819‚ Washington Irving published the first American short story called “A Posthumous Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker” published in The Sketch Book and Irving used the pen name Geoffrey Crayon but the piece is often referred to as “Rip Van Winkle.” This essay reviews Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” by first summarizing the plot and then second detailing the relationship between the story’s structure
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Washington Irving‚ and Herman Melville. Washington Irving was born in New York City as the youngest of 11 children. His father was a wealthy merchant‚ and his mother‚ an English woman‚ was the granddaughter of a clergyman. According to a story‚ George Washington met Irving‚ named after him‚ and gave his blessing. In the years to come Irving would write one of his greatest works‚ THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON (1855-59). Early in his life Irving developed a passion for books. He read Robinson Crusoe
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