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| first professional american writer; born in the final year of the Revolutionary War and named after George Washington; youngest son of a NY merchant |
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| Uniquely, Irving is _______ in its themes |
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| Irving has a _____ presentation of American Eccentricities |
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| Irving displays special feeling for _____ |
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| Irving is the first ______ in American literature, writing for _____ at a time when writing was practical and for _______ |
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| Belletrist, pleasure, useful purposes |
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| Irving is the first American literary ______ |
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| Irving has written the first modern ____ |
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| Irving is the first to write history and biography as ____ |
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| Irving introduced the ____ as a literary genre |
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| Irvings use of the ____ looks forward to _____ |
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| Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
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| father of American poetry |
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| Who learned to be an accurate observer of nature and reflect upon its meaning |
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| Was born to traveling actors from Boston |
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| father soon abandoned the family and mother died when he was 2 years old |
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| a wealthy Richmond tobacco merchant who never formally adopted Poe |
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| What university did Poe attend? |
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| What was Poes heaviest trial? |
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| The want of parental affection |
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| Poe married his thirteen year old cousin named? |
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| How did Virginia Clemm die? |
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| the death of a young beautiful woman |
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