United States in 1832, he wrote The Cayon Miscellany (1835) and A Tour of the Prairies (1835). (Oldstyle 4)By now, his themes were beginning to catch on among the writers in America. He had already received international fame for his fictional and non-fictional writings, and now other American writers were thirsting for new tastes and styles of writing, and this is what Irving brought back with him. Upon developing his new piece, History of the Conquest of Mexico, another historian, William Prescott, had decided to write a similar theme to Irving. This caused Irving to abandon this idea and look elsewhere for ideas. (Oldstyle 2) Returning to his home after three more years in Spain, Irving spent his time (of course) around his literature. He became the President of New York Public Library and later published his five-volume The Life of George Washington (to whom he was named after). Irving died quietly in Tarrytown on November 28, 1859 in his sleep. His works will be remembered and celebrated, as they are, for long after even we are gone. His experiences in Europe have helped shape American literature in both non-fictional and fictional senses.“There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.” (from The Mutabilities of Literature)(Oldstyle 3)...
