This claim raised many disputes, but found its confirmation in the “Original of Rebecca in Ivanhoe” article by Gratz Van Rensselaer published in The Century Magazine, v.24, 1882. In this article Sir Walter Scott did not hide his delight of success of the created prototype for the figure of Rebecca in Ivanhoe. Another important fact in this article was the information about the sending of the first copy of the book upon its completion to Irving with addressing him several questions on getting answers of ways of depiction of Rebecca. Walter Scott was curious about the possibility of comparison of Rebecca Gratz and her prototype in Ivanhoe by him to know how he succeeded in creation of her character upon Irving’s given descriptions. Coming back
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Since John Miller, the publisher of the Sketch Book, was bankrupt, Irving had to find another one. Considering that Sir Walter Scott differed from literati of the time with the simplicity of heart and sincerity for sharing his valuable thoughts and time to the concerns of other writers who applied for help, Irving decided to appeal to him. Walter Scott acquainted him with John Murray, his own publisher; he brought success and rebirth to the literary activity of …show more content…
From this point it would be better to review the life of Irving and understand the subjects to which he applied and created unexampled works. Reviewing his life history we can say that Washington Irving was as hungry as a hunter of love. Europe also left remarkable marks on the life of Washington Irving. The name of Washington Irving during the living period in Europe had been mentioned in love game with Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. It was a love triangle among Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving. All details of these relations were illustrated in “The Romance of Mary Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving”. After getting acquainted with the information indicated in the so-called work, it seems the reason of intrigues between Mrs. Mary and Irving emerged due to the failure relation
Since John Miller, the publisher of the Sketch Book, was bankrupt, Irving had to find another one. Considering that Sir Walter Scott differed from literati of the time with the simplicity of heart and sincerity for sharing his valuable thoughts and time to the concerns of other writers who applied for help, Irving decided to appeal to him. Walter Scott acquainted him with John Murray, his own publisher; he brought success and rebirth to the literary activity of …show more content…
From this point it would be better to review the life of Irving and understand the subjects to which he applied and created unexampled works. Reviewing his life history we can say that Washington Irving was as hungry as a hunter of love. Europe also left remarkable marks on the life of Washington Irving. The name of Washington Irving during the living period in Europe had been mentioned in love game with Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. It was a love triangle among Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving. All details of these relations were illustrated in “The Romance of Mary Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving”. After getting acquainted with the information indicated in the so-called work, it seems the reason of intrigues between Mrs. Mary and Irving emerged due to the failure relation