Washington Irving: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies of Irving include Andrew Burstein, The Original Knickerbocker (2007); and Brian Jay Jones, Washington Irving (2008). Ralph M. Aderman (ed.), Critical Essays on Washington Irving (1990), is a collection of 19th- and 20th-century criticism.

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Article History

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Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Washington Irving (1783-1859). Sep 08, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 30, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Maricopa Open Digital Press - American Literature Before 1860 - Washington Irving. Jul 26, 2025
Add new Web site: College of Western Idaho Pressbooks - Anthology of Earlier American Literature: College of Western Idaho - The Rise of the American Short Story, Washington Irving, and German Fairy Tales. May 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Georgetown University Library - Washington Irving: Diplomat. Apr 04, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of Washington Irving Society. Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Washington Irving. Dec 31, 2024
Add new Web site: Lehigh University - Background: Irving the "Historian". Jul 01, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Washington Irving. Mar 14, 2024
Media added. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - Washington Irving Was the Original City Slicker. Here's What Happened When He Went West. Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Washington Irving. Apr 10, 2022
Media added. Dec 15, 2020
Corrected display issue. Sep 05, 2019
Media added. Sep 05, 2017
Add new Web site: George Washington's Mount Vernon - Washington Irving. May 11, 2017
Added the book Critical Essays on Washington Irving, edited by Ralph M. Aderman, to the bibliography. Jan 02, 2014
Add new Web site: Children's Literature Network - Biography of Washington Irving. Aug 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Birmingham.gov.uk - Biography of Washington Irving. Feb 04, 2013
Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Washington Irving. Feb 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Washington Irving. Jul 30, 2012
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Biography of Washington Irving. Jul 30, 2012
Add new Web site: American Studies at The University of Virginia - Biography of Washington Irving. Apr 16, 2012
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Biography of Washington Irving. Feb 17, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Washington Irving. Feb 16, 2012
Article revised and updated. Feb 26, 2008
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Washington Irving (1783-1859). Aug 09, 2006
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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