The Dutch World of Washington Irving | Autographed

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Autographed copy of Elisabeth Paling Funk's recently published book The Dutch World of Washington Irving: Knickerbocker's History of New York and the Hudson Valley Folktales. The book tells an alternative origin story of American literary culture. Funk explores what the young Irving would have read, heard, and observed during his early life and career in New York City, once part of the former colony of New Netherland, where he was surrounded by Dutch-speaking neighbors and relatives and Dutch literature.

Born in Woerden, the Netherlands, Dr. Elisabeth Paling Funk received her PhD from Fordham University, taught English at the university level, and is now a translator, editor, and independent scholar. She lives in the Hudson Valley.