CR Episode 157: Washington Irving’s Christmas
Critical Readings · Critical Readings
January 9, 20231h 27m
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Show Notes
The panel reads Washington Irving's Christmas sequence from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., and examines how its portrayal of an old-fashioned, English Christmas served to influence attitudes towards the ideal of Christmas in the United States.