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Washington Irving | | Variant Name: |
Fray Antonio Agapida, Geoffrey Crayon, Diedrich Knickerbocker, Launcelot Langstaff, Jonathan Oldstyle | | Birth Date: |
April 3, 1783 | | Death Date: |
November 28, 1859 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Place of Death: |
Irvington, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Washington Irving
15873 words, approx. 52.9 pages
 "I seek only to blow a flute accompaniment in the national concert, and leave others to play the fiddle & frenchhorn," Washington Irving said in an 1819 letter. While his flute music for a time was a dominant strain, it still remains discernible in t... summary from source:
 Biography of Washington Irving
12298 words, approx. 41 pages
Washington Irving was America's first successful professional man of letters, a gifted teller of tales, especially as a native humorist, a romantic historian, and an influential prose stylist. As a writer by profession, with The Sketch Book (1819-1820) i... summary from source:
Biography of Washington Irving
11468 words, approx. 38.2 pages
Washington Irving was America's first successful professional man of letters, a gifted teller of tales, especially as a native humorist, a romantic historian, and an influential prose stylist. As a writer by profession, with the Sketch Book (1819-1820) i...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 "Rip Van Winkle" Summary
3,560 words, approx. 12 pages"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving Washington Irving was born in 1783 in New York City, shortly before the end of the American Revolution. He grew up in an era of rapid change for New York and the Hudson River Valley. The region's traditional Dutch... summary from source:
 Rip Van Winkle Information
1,484 words, approx. 5 pages
 Rip Van Winkle is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection of stories entitled...
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 The Loyalist Gazette Rip Van Winkle.
09/22/1996: 462 words, approx. 2 pages The fiction of Washington Irving, one of the earliest, if not the earliest, successful author in the early United States, contains references to the American Revolution. Although his stories are set some years after that War, a certain 'flavour' of the period remains.... summary from source:
The Boston Globe Van Winkle ripped
06/04/1991: 1,013 words, approx. 3 pages Rap music star Vanilla Ice was arrested early yesterday morning in North Hollywood after allegedly brandishing a gun at a man trying to sell him a necklace. After the incident, police found a 9mm pistol in the singer's car. In addition to Ice, they... summary from source:
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1/22/2007: 327 words, approx. 1 pagesOrganizers of a coming out party for a brand new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere could use some help. The car, buried under the lawn of the Tulsa County Courthouse in 1957, is scheduled to be unearthed June 15 as part of the Oklahoma Centennial.Promoters are looking... summary from source:
Investor's Business Daily Successful Surge Is Dems' Dilemma
8/10/2007: 672 words, approx. 2 pagesIraq: Democratic senators visiting Iraq have seen for themselves that President Bush's surge strategy is working. But their party has so much invested in losing this war, they're muffling the good news.Interviewed from Iraq, Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, last...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Hugh J. Dawson
7,385 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Dawson contends that the forest scene in “Rip Van Winkle” is gothic rather than comic and that the story is not anti-feminist.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 92%Irving Washington and an Analysis of "Rip Van Winkle"
1,275 words, approx. 4 pages
A brief biography of Washington Irving and a plot summary of his Rip Van Winkle folklore tale about a man who sleeps through the American Revolution. The essays also discusses literary techniques used and common narrative elements. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 92%Finding the Time
822 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay provides a discussion on Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle." summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%Cultural Expectations in a Selection of Texts
799 words, approx. 3 pages
Examines the texts, "Rip Van Winkle," "Editha" and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux." Describes how characters in these stories are all victims of cultural expectations.
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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving | |
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