WorkWashington Irving
Washington Irving (1783–1859)
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Documented 1843
Books
Read for the 1843 western tour
Named among the books Fuller consulted for her western journey, and discussed in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843.
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
“Irving's books I also read, some for the first, some for the second time, with increased interest... with the exception of the Tour to the Prairies, they have a stereotype, second-hand air.”
Summer on the Lakes
'Irving's books I also read, some for the first, some for the second time' is an explicit first-person reading statement.
“Irving's books I also read, some for the first, some for the second time, with increased interest, now that I was to meet such people as he received his materials from.”
Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.