An Autobiographical View of Washington Irving Today I am regarded as one of the first writers to represent an English style of writing throughout the world to gain universal recognition. For fifty years I “charmed and instructed” the American people and held first place in their affections. I became the first writer to lift American literature into the popular respect of Europe and was regarded as “the chief representative of the American name in the …showed first 75 words of 2323 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2323 total…the highly critical Eastern Audience (245). Internationally audiences of my writing came to greatly acknowledge my style as an illustration of America’s distinct voice in literature (245-253). And in the end America helped me reestablish my position in its heritage to serve an important role as an author who paved the way for American writing to be globally recognized and critiqued as equal and formidable literature compared to the rest of the Eastern world (245-253).