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Tag: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Analysis

Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by JL Admin

Irving’s narrator opens “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” with a brief description of Sleepy Hollow itself, “one of the quietest places in the whole world,” a place of “uniform tranquillity.” Before moving on to introduce his characters he concludes, ”If ever I should wish for a retreat, whither I might steal from the world and…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Setting – Historical Context

Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by JL Admin

The Dutch in New York  In its earliest days as an outpost for Europeans, New York was settled by the Dutch, or people from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Henry Hudson, referred to in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” as “Master Hendrick Hudson,” sailed in 1609 from present-day New York City to Albany up what…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Literary Devices – Narrator – Imagery

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by JL Admin

Narration/Narrative/Narrator  There is an almost dizzying number of levels of narration and narrators in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”: a) Washington Irving is the author of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ; b) Geoffrey Crayon is the fictional author of the volume, the one responsible for collection or creating the stories and sketches;…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Themes

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 by JL Admin

City versus Country  One of the great themes of American literature and American folklore is the clash between the city and the country, between civilization and the wilderness. As the theme is played out in literature around the world, it carries one of two interpretations: either the city is seen as beautiful, civilized, rich, clean…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Characters

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 by JL Admin

Brom Bones  See Abraham Van Brunt  Ichabod Crane  Ichabod Crane, the protagonist, is a stern schoolteacher and singing instructor who has come to Sleepy Hollow, New York, from Connecticut. He is lanky and sharp-featured, awkward and somewhat clumsy, but more educated and sophisticated than the native villagers. He is quite fond of food, and is…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Summary

Posted on December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 by JL Admin

The story opens with a long descriptive passage offered in the first person by the narrator, who is revealed at the end of the story to be a man in a tavern who told the story to “D. K.” Irving’s contemporaries, and readers of the entire Sketch Book, know that “D. K.” is Diedrich Knickerbocker,…

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