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Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving set precedents in American literature with his story Rip Van Winkle. ... For example, in the story Rip Van Winkle mentions the Kaatskill mountains and the Hudson river and describes these things as "magical". ... Rip Van Winkle inherited "but little of the marital character of his ancestors". The idleness of Rip seems to represent the overall attitude of all people in this new land. ...
And so, the legendary a German folktale becomes transformed into the story of Rip Van Winkle thus creating a new form of literature that laters characterized the American style.


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