Sanctuaries in Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book

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By Hugo Walter ’81

Published Jan. 21, 2016

Walter’s book is a collection of essays exploring the theme of sanctuaries in The Sketch Book. This volume, part of the Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature series, also provides a short history of sanctuaries in 19th-century American and European literature. Walter is a professor of English and humanities at Berkeley College Online.

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