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The Best (Most Beautiful, Faithful, & Eerie) Film Adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Rabbit Ears’ 1988 Cartoon

Longtime readers will know that my all-time favorite story, in any genre, is Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Not only...

Jun 17, 202314 min read

Washington Irving's The Adventure of My Uncle: A Detailed Summary, Literary Analysis, and a Vigorous Defense

Cryptic, opaque, and disturbing, the first salvo in Irving’s “Stories by a Nervous Gentleman” is also, sadly, one of his most...

Feb 22, 20224 min read

Reviewing: The Unhallowed Horseman by Jude S. Walko

As any of you who have followed my blog for long are surely aware, I have a special affection for all things Washington Irving and “The...

Mar 7, 20217 min read

Washington Irving's The Spectre Bridegroom: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

Demon lovers – a variant of the “Death and the Maiden” motif – are a standard trope in European folklore. These stories tell of...

Oct 2, 202011 min read

Washington Irving's The Devil and Tom Walker: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

Irving’s most famous horror story – one which makes no excuses for its supernaturalism – comes, as most of his masterpieces do, from a...

Nov 1, 201999 min read

Of Dreams that Wave Before the Half-Shut Eye: A Sleepy Hollow Ghost Story for Hallowe'en

Raw from her parents’ recent deaths and a crushing divorce, an anthropology professor is now faced with losing her chance at tenure and...

May 7, 20199 min read

Washington Irving's The Adventure of the German Student: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

Aside from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” none of Irving’s ghost stories has had the incredible popularity – both...

Mar 5, 201912 min read

Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

While “Sleepy Hollow” may be Irving’s pop culture masterpiece – indelibly leaving its imprint on the American celebration of Halloween –...

Feb 13, 201916 min read

Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Historical Backgrounds & a Deep Literary Analysis

On a hot afternoon in the summer of 2008, I found myself standing on a concrete bridge thirty miles north of New York City, watching the...

Oct 23, 201823 min read

Washington Irving's Wistfully Anxious, Lonesome Ghost Stories

He was the greatest American writer of his time: he was a mentor to Poe, Longfellow, and Hawthorne, his country’s first professional...

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