Washington Irving’s'Rip Van Winkle'has been so ritualistically cited and discussed by historians,political scientists and literary scholars that it is no longer just a simple tale but a prominent text in Amer...Washington Irving’s'Rip Van Winkle'has been so ritualistically cited and discussed by historians,political scientists and literary scholars that it is no longer just a simple tale but a prominent text in American culture,The tale,as one critic proclaims,'presides over the birth of the American imagination'(Fiedler xx).This essay展开更多
文摘Washington Irving’s'Rip Van Winkle'has been so ritualistically cited and discussed by historians,political scientists and literary scholars that it is no longer just a simple tale but a prominent text in American culture,The tale,as one critic proclaims,'presides over the birth of the American imagination'(Fiedler xx).This essay
