Washington Irving

Satires

"John Oldstyle" - spoofed various aspects of New York Life

"Author's Account of Himself"

(Geoffrey Crayon) Like to travel with parents familiar with areas where ghosts were seen. Noted about others customs, habits wanted to be able to talk to a well knowledgable man

Description of Rip

- A simple good natured man - A kind neighbor - an obedient, henpecked husband

How long has Rip Van Winkle been asleep?

20 Years

What causes the "long rolling peals, like distant thunder" that Rip Van Winkle hears as he climbs up the ravine?

Bowling

Attache

Embarked on a political career working as an attaché in Spain and later as secretary of the American delegation in London

Europe's Offering

Europe held charms, political associations, and treasures of age

Pioneer Genres

First to write American Romanticism "beautiful or fine writings:

Work as transitional

First to write History and Biography as entertainment

Picture on inn

George Washington

What differences in the village does Rip Van Winkle discover upon his return? Choose all that apply.

It is larger and has a greater population. His favorite hangouts have disappeared. He doesn't recognize the inhabitants.

Mountains

Kaatskill - part of Appalachian Mountains, fair weather-blue and purple evening-mist "crown of glory"

Wife's reaction

Like an angel

What was the name of Irving's deceased fiancee?

Matilda Hoffman

Stranger in woods

Met little old man and took him where other men played nine pins

Town Patriarch / Landlord

Nicholas Vedder

America Unsurpassed

No country had the charm of nature or was as lavish (Blessed/Fortunate)

Diedrich Knickerbocker

Pseudonym used when published "History of New York". The spoof of historical scholarship lampooned the day's political scene and spawned the "Knickerbocker School" of NY literary satirists

Washington Irving spent the last years of his life in his home known by what name?

Sunnyside Manor

Married men and misfortune

TRUE that married men are more likely to recover from misfortune than a single man

What causes Rip Van Winkle to fall asleep in the mountains?

Too much drinking

Fondness

Visiting new scenes and observing strange characters

"Rip Van Winkle"

Washington Irving

What was the name of Rip Van Winkle's dog?

Wolf

"The Wife"

by Washington Irving

Rip's flaw

idelness and lazy