Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?（）
A、Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture.
B、He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil.
C、His stories are among the best of the American literature.
D、Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：欧文认为文学联想与富含过去文化的某地有关。他的故事位居美国文学前列。他的一些作品灵感来源于欧洲的传奇故事。对原罪的加尔文主义观点和邪恶的神秘探索是霍桑，梅尔维尔及其他作者作品的特点，这些作家中不包括欧文。
