ameryki: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an 1820 short story by American author Washington Irving contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Irving wrote the story while living in Birmingham, England. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring appeal along with Rip Van Winkle. Irving's early literary success with The Sketch Book established his career, providing the financial means to support himself and his family as a professional writer. The Legend has remained continuously in print since its initial publication and is one of Irving's most popular works. It has been adapted for the sc…

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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". It also marks Irving's first use of the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, which he would continue to employ throughout his literary career. The Sketch Book, along with James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, was among the first widely read works of American literature in Britain and Eu…

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a 1980 American made-for-television film produced by Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. It was filmed partly in Park City, Utah, and shown on NBC. It starred Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane, Meg Foster as Katrina von Tassel, and Dick Butkus as Brom Bones. It was directed by Henning Schellerup and produced by Charles Sellier, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the movie. The plot follows the general outline of the 1820 Washington Irving short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", with the addition of a new character, widow Thelma Dumkey, who marries Brom Bones, leaving Ichabod free to marry Katrina.

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The Struggle Continues. This chapter evaluates two of Washington Irving's Hudson Valley folktales: “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” These two Hudson Valley folktales show continued friction between former New Netherland and New England. Like A History of New York , “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” reflect the tension resulting from the migration of New Englanders into the Hudson Valley, bringing Yankee restlessness and materialism in conflict with Dutch stability and permanence. In “Rip Van Winkle,” this tension is evident in major political change and increased ethnic diversity, the latter illustrated in the conflict between Dame Van Winkle and the Yank…

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The Headless Horseman is a fictional character that appears in many venues. Headless Horseman may also refer to: Headless Horseman ("Legend of Sleepy Hollow"), a character in the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving

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Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1949 narrating the famous 1820 Washington Irving short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

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L’ineffable esprit du lieu : critique du nationalisme américain par Washington Irving dans « The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow »

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Irving, Washington: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow