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Title: Washington Irving


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Washington Irving

• Born in New York City on April 3, 1783
• He studied law but practiced only briefly.
• Helped in his familys hardware business
• He worked his family business in England until
  its failure 1815.

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• For the next 17 years he traveled worked as an
  American diplomat
• Died in Tarrytown, NY, 1859

1783-1859
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• Took European literary themes and gave them
  American settings
• Themes were
• 1. Enchanted person discovers that an enormous
  amount of time has passed when the spell is
  broken.

Rip Van Winkle
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2. Person making a pact with the devil Ex The
Faust Legend originated in Germany in the late
Middle Ages.

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Describes how a man of great
learning, Faust, agrees to surrender his soul to
the devil in exchange for wealth, power and
sensual pleasures. How do you think the
legend concludes?
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• Irving gave the Faust legend an American twist
  with The Devil and Tom Walker
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