Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle, a short story by Washington Irving, displays elements of the American Romanticism, as the author depicts the natural landscape associated with fantasy. The supernatural is a very prevalent theme in Romantic literature, and so is the love for the natural landscape, in opposition to the modern life in the city. These elements help isolate Rip Van Winkle from society, in a way that when he returns from his fantastic 20-year sleep, he becomes “the local storyteller, demonstrating the…

Washington Irving was an American short story writer, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" who are both from his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon". "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story Irving written while he was living in Birmingham and published in 1819. Considering it has been adapted for a lot of other media like cartoons, films, operetta or even stage…

threads of American experience. “Rip Van Winkle” is a complete version of Franklin’s drafts, such as “The Speech of Polly Baker,” and if you were to read certain passages from Irving and Franklin by their selves, it could be hard to identify the basis, both develop a subdued sarcasm and rely heavily on irony to develop their stories. The fact that Irving is most thankful to the older tradition of Native American literature that is mentioned in the end of “Rip Van Winkle.” It is ironic or…

Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle, the protagonist of the story, Rip Van Winkle, goes “to one of the highest parts of the Kaatskill mountains,” (Irving 4) and encounters an individual dressed in dated attire. Van Winkle stops to help the mysterious man with items that he is carrying, pausing every now and then as sounds pique his interest, but he continues on his journey. In Irving’s world, the nature of man is as equally if not more as mysterious as the nature around it. Rip Van Winkle…

change. In Washington Irving’s short story “Rip Van Winkle”, time plays a very important role since the protagonist, Rip Van Winkle, slept for 20 years. After he woke up, he noticed several things that were different from before such as the village he lives in, the people who live there, and the flag that represented what were once the colonies of Great Britain changed to the flag that symbolizes the free country of the United States of America. Rip Van Winkle acts as a tool that helps people…

wanted to express themselves not thinking about what society considered correct. The two novels that I will be comparing are "Young Goodman Brown" along with "Rip Van Winkle.” These two novels both include a husband and their wives. In "Rip Van Winkle,” Rip Van Winkle took a hike in the mountains to get away from his wife, Dame Van Winkle because all she did was nag him. In "Young Goodman Brown," Goodman also leaves…

John Irving was born March 2, 1942, in Exeter, New Hampshire, he was raised by his biological mother, and stepfather. Many events from Irving’s personal life have inspired books that he has written, such as, parent separations, feminism, sexual abuse, and sexual fantasies. Not only have plots been inspired by Irving’s personal life, but also the characters; which often follow Irving’s past experiences. At the age of 15, John Irving’s life was greatly affected after reading, Great Expectations.…

While verse was economically marginal in the early nineteenth century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) became the first American poet who could live off his royalties (Gioia 74). He was also the first poet of the New World to achieve an international fame; his reputation reached Europe and even Latin America (64). Devoted to the creation of a native literature, Longfellow committed himself to developing an American poetic diction. In “Our Native Writers” (1825), his graduation address,…

Bud, Not Buddy Modern Era Bud, Not Buddy, is read all over the country because of the Great Depression, but if it was written in today's times, that would not be the case. If this story was written in the modern era a lot of things would be different. Bud's mother wouldn't have died, Bud would've had more knowledge about Hooverville, and Bud would have been able to find Herman E. Calloway's exact location. I think the changes in this story would make it a lot more eventful. If this story was…

Washington Irving was one of the best fiction writers of the early nineteenth century. He was the first American fiction writer to obtain an international reputation. He was also named for George Washington, the first president. Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker” in the early nineteenth century, and the story took place in 1727. The story’s point of view was in the third person. The story’s setting took place at Charles Bay, near Boston Massachusetts. In “The Devil and Tom Walker” it is…