by Washington Irving · Ediciones Edilux · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788487282799
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«I raconti della Alhambra» is a book of short stories by Washington Irving, published by Ediciones Edilux in paperback (341 pages, in Italian).
The volume brings together the stories Washington Irving wrote from his stay at the Alhambra in Granada, blending history, legend and fiction to offer a romantic view of the monument and Spanish culture.
Work originally published in 1832 as Tales of the Alhambra; the Italian translation is by Antonella Picariello and Francesca Sila.
For Italian readers who enjoy 19th-century travel literature, Romanticism and the historical legends of Granada.
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
