BY THE WAYSIDE On the hill the golden-rod, And the aster in the wood, And the yellow sunflower by the brook, In autumn beauty stood. William Cullen Bryant. AMONG AUTUMN LEAVES In WOOD WANDERINGS BY WINTHROP PACKARD ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES COPELAND Published in 1910 THE deep woods catch all the rich colors of the…
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#MemoirFest Day 11: Read Washington Irving’s Snippets of Setting in Rip Van Winkle: Rewrite One of Your Settings
Washington Irving is considered as the Father of the Short Story, which began as an American literary form. His delightful story Rip Van Winkle is thought to have been the first American short story. In 1916, W. Patterson Atkinson said the following about the short story: “A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can…
#MemoirFest Day 11: Read about the Setting for Rip Van Winkle – Edit What You Wrote about Your Terrain
Washington Irving is considered as the Father of the Short Story, which began as an American literary form. His delightful story Rip Van Winkle is thought to have been the first American short story. In 1916, W. Patterson Atkinson said the following about the short story: “A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can…