Irving’s story takes place in the New York village of Sleepy Hollow, in Westchester County. READ MORE: The Dark Side of the Grimm Fairy TalesĪccording to the New York Historical Society, others believe Irving was inspired by “an actual Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball during the Battle of White Plains, around Halloween 1776.” “Irving had just met and become friends with Scott in 1817 so it's very likely he was influenced by his new mentor's work,” she says, “The poem is about a wicked hunter who is doomed to be hunted forever by the devil and the ‘dogs of hell’ as punishment for his crimes.” He is often called 'the father of American literature' because of the charm and style of his writing and because he was always breaking new ground.American author Washington Irving (1783-1859). These classic stories have kept Washington Irving's name alive. The immediate result was The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent which contained his two most famous fantasy stories, Rip van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. When the family business collapsed in 1817, He had to make a living for the first time. In 1815 he moved to London to manage the British end of the family business and stayed for seventeen years. It was a great success but Irving continued to be only a part-time writer.
His first book, Knickerbocker's History of New York (1809), was the first American humorous book which was also literature. As an adult he didn't have to worry about earning a living and after practising law for a few years he began to write for newspapers and magazines. Young Washington's early education was patchy but he developed an early love for books and writing. He was named after the great future American President, George Washington. Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) was born into a rich New York family, the youngest of eleven children.
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