Washington Irving

What was the legend of Faust?

16th century magician and astrologer who was said to have sold his soul to the devil for wisdom, money, and power

Irving love of his life died at what age?

17

Irving traveled around Europe for how many years?

17

What year does "The Devil of Tom Walker" take place during?

1720s area of New England settled by Quakers and Puritans

Irving returned to American in_____ to live with his brother on the ____________________.

1832 Sunnyside estate

Irving didn't sign his name to his own work until what age?

40

What is a satire

A literary device in which people, customs, and institutions are ridiculed with the purpose of improving society

Washington Irving was a spectator at the trial of ____________.

Aaron Burr

What helped Irving, the first American write, achieve an international reputation?

Headless Horseman Rip Van Winkle

Irving inspired the name of what team?

New York Knicks basketball team

"Tales of a Traveler" contained what?

The Devil and Tom Walker

Diedrich Knickerbocker was better known by what name?

Washington Irving

Irving served as a _______ in the War of 1812.

colonel

Irving was named after the country's ________________.

first president

Irving was named the country's ________________.

first president

What did "A History of New York from the beginning of Time Through the End of the Dutch Dynasty" satirize?

historical texts and the local politics they chronicaled

What was "The Devil of Tom Walker" a variation on?

legend of Faust

In 1807 what did Irving start publishing?

light satirical pieces about New York politics, culture, and theater

Where was Irving buried?

near the haunting ground of his famous horseman -- in New York's Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

The criticism of "Tales of a Traveler" caused Irving to ___________________.

stop writing fiction altogether

Sir Walter Scott, the author of "Ivanhoe," encouraged Irving to do what?

write a series of stories that blended the legends of Europe with the tales he had heard while wandering as a young man through New York's Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley

Irving didn't want to be a lawyer but he had a passion for what?

writing, a playful mind, and keen powers of observation