![]() ![]() ![]() His Spanish residence resulted in a profound interest in Moorish culture, the first fruit of which was THE ALHAMBRA (1832), a volume of stories and sketches based on Spanish legends. " - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. Irving's work laid the foundation for the writings of William Austin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe and others. professional writers, Irving is an important link in the transfer of the stories of German Romanticism to U.S. edition published in Philadelphia by Carey and Lea in 1832. The last of Irving's collections of sketches and stories published under his pen name Geoffrey Crayon includes nine supernatural tales: "Legend of the Arabian Astrologer," "Legend of Prince Ahmed Al Kamel or, The Pilgrim of Love," "Legend of the Moor's Legacy," "Governor Manco and the Soldier," "Legend of the Two Discreet Statues," "The Legend of the Enchanted Soldier," "The Adventure of the Mason" (marginal), "Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra," and "Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa." This Colburn and Bentley edition precedes the first U.S. vi viii 4-333 4-299, original blue boards, brown paper shelf back, printed paper labels affixed to spine panels, all edges untrimmed. ![]() London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1832. ![]()
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