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Rip van Winkle - Washington Irving
"Rip van Winkle" is a famous short story, in which a man falls asleep and wakes years later to find that he has slept the years away. The work is by Washington Irving.
Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Read "Rip van Winkle," by Washington Irving. "I am of this mind with Homer, that as the snaile that crept out of her shel was turned eftsoons into a toad, and thereby was forced to make as stoole to sit on; so the traveller that stragleth from his own country is in a short time transformed into so monstrous a shape, that he is faine to alter his mansion with his manners..."
Perspectives in American Literature: Rip Van Winkle
"Although Irving's 'Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" may make it appear that Irving wrote primarily fiction, a reading of the longer Sketch-Book, in which these stories first appeared, makes it clear that for Irving himself writing the literary sketch both preceded and made it possible for him to write works we now consider stories."
Rip Van Winkle
Read about "Rip van Winkle": "So my view is this. When he awakes on July 5th, Rip updates his belief according to his view of how the context has changed."
Washington Irving Biography
(1783-1859) American writer. Washington Irving's pseudonyms included: Dietrich Knickerbocker, Jonathan Oldstyle, and Geoffrey Crayon. Washington Irving was a short story writer.
'Rip Van Winkle' Questions for Study and Discussion
Rip Van Winkle is a story by Washington Irving, American short-story writer. The story was published as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Take a look at these questions for study and discussion.