Washington Irving Flashcards
Which American author developed the short story form?/ With who did the American short story begin in 1819?
Washington Irving.
Who was Washington Irving influenced by?
Joseph Addison and Oliver Goldsmith.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. contains which most popular short stories?
Rip Van Winkle; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; The Spectre of Bridegroom.
Which elements do Washington Irving’s satirical sketches contain?
Mythical and folkloric elements.
What are Washington Irvings pseudonyms?
Jonathan Oldstyle; Launcelot Longstaff; Knickerbocker; Geoffrey Crayon.
Which word became associated with New Yorkers and Knee Breeches and why?
Knickerbockers; because the persona of Diedrich Knickerbocker was so popular, and the knee-breeches were worn by him in the original illustration.
How many short stories
are published in Irving’s
Sketch Book
3.
Irving wrote The Sketch
Book under the following
pseudonym:
Geoffrey Crayon.
Irving’s first published
work is …
Salmagundi.
All three stories from the Sketch Book are set in Germany.
No, just The Spectre of Bridegroom.
How long was Washingon Irving writing Washington’s biography for?
From 1850-1859. (9 years)
The original name of New
York was…
New Amsterdam.
At the beginning of “Rip
van Winkle”, the village inn
is designated with a
portrait of …
King George 3rd.
When Rip returns home
after his twenty-year sleep,
who understands him best?
The village children.
Who criticized Washington Irving?
Edgar Allan Poe.
What are some of the symbols in Rip Van Winkle?
Rip’s twenty-year sleep symbolizes the rejection of the capitalistic values of his society, personified by his wife. His wife represents the British Empire, which the United States wants to throw off. And the game of nine-pins has a ritualistic meaning.
The main antagonist in
“The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow” is …
Brom Bones.
What, according to the
narrator of “Sleepy
Hollow”, is even scarier
than goblins and ghosts?
Women.
Which character in “Sleepy
Hollow” is described as “a
genius of famine”?
Ichabod Crane.
At the end of “Sleepy
Hollow”, how does the
community react to
Ichabod’s disappearance?
No one does anything.
What does Ichabod Crane represent?
The outcast of artist-intellectual in American society.
What are the similarities between Rip Van Winkle and The Sleepy Hollow?
The ritualistic form resembles the rights of passage. (separation - initiation - return)
