Frazer Irving

The first true American writer, Washington Irving, is known for his famous works such as Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Because they are from the same author, both stories are bound to be connected in a way or another. There are many similarities and differences between The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Some of the similarities between The Legend of Sleepy Hollows and Rip Van Winkle are the settings; dark and scary and post revolutionary war. There are major differences

In 1820 Washington Irving wrote the classic short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. In his version no one knew what happened to Ichabod Crane, however there was some theories. The townsfolk of a small backwoods town, Sleepy Hollow, just knew the Headless Horseman had come for him. Thus, making nature win. In 1999 Tim Burton directed a movie that was “based” on Washington Irving’s short story. In his version everyone knew what happened to Ichabod Crane. He left the little town with Katrina Van

Imagination Individuals taking a journey from the dirty city into the supernatural countryside Poem/Story/Play Used: The Devil and Tom Walker The Devil and Tom Walker is definitely a great example of an imaginative story. Being a folk tale, this story has a lot of imagination and naturality, which were big parts of the Romantic period. Tom Walker was a usurer, lending money to local people in Massachusetts; some days when he walks home from the city, he generally takes a “shortcut”

Richard Hugo takes places Americans traveled past in the era of westward expansion, with little or no regard for the emotional connections the town might have with its residents and turns them into elaborate towns with storied histories and troubled populations in his poems. The poem “Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg” may sound from the title to be a maudlin description, but it turns out to be uplifting, focused on transience but also making the argument to appreciate the small splashes of color in

On the contrary, Washington Irving describes Ichabod Crane as, “tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hand that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose so that it might have been mistaken for a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck” (Irving 43). This description gives the audience

The short story, “Rip Van Winkle”, is a tale of a man who went up into the mountains and after a long string of odd events went to sleep. He woke up twenty years later. He went from being use to what the world was like before the Revolutionary War of the United States to how things changed after the war. When he came back from the mountain he found that his wife and friends were gone. His children were grown up and living in this new world that he had stumbled into. He found that changes had been

my mind, and the times are so hard they sicken my soul," says Washington Irving in a letter to a friend (Letters 446). This statement reveals Irving's intense emotional condition, and in many ways indicates the intense social atmosphere as well as his personal conflicts, during the composition of The Sketch Book. Upon the bankruptcy of his family's fortune, of which he depended on solely for his monetary security, Irving found himself flung into the "galling mortifications of independence" (Letters

There are many different types of stories being read or told in the world: some can be enjoyable, boring and even unrealistic. For example, in the film, Smoke, directed by Wayne Wong, and the short story, “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story,” directed by Paul Auster, Paul a character in both the film and short story begins telling a story a wager between Sir Walter and Queen Elizabeth I. The wager, between both, was about “the weight of Smoke” (Wayne) and how it can be calculated. Although, Paul had his

American literature is split into certain eras, all of which containing different characteristics and ideals which set them apart from each other, the Romantic Era being one of them. The Romantic era began in the late seventeen hundreds and ended in the mid eighteen hundreds. Taking place right after the enlightenment and yet before realist era, but with ideas of both, this era was a major transition of ideas and advancements not just in the world of literature but also in resources, location of

realize that this legend originated from a story that appears in Washington Irving’s book, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving was born to a Scottish immigrant family on April 3, 1783, in New York City. Later that year, The Treaty of Paris was signed, signaling that America had at long last won her independence from Great Britain (Irving, Norberg, and Stade iii). From that point on, the United States of America began the journey to find an identity to call its own. Before, when