%0 Book %A Hugo G. Walter %D 2014 %C New York, United States of America %I Peter Lang Verlag %@ 9781453912638 %T Sanctuaries in Washington Irving's «The Sketch Book» %B The Sketch Book %R 10.3726/978-1-4539-1263-8 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051513 %X The present volume comprises a collection of wonderful and insightful essays exploring the theme of sanctuaries in Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book. These are sanctuaries of natural beauty, peacefulness, architectural splendor, and mythical vitality. In addition, the book presents a short history of sanctuaries in nineteenth-century American and European literature. %K beauty, peacefulness, vitality, history %G English