The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. is an 1819–1820 collection of short stories and essays by Washington Irving that helped establish his reputation and American literature’s international standing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
essay collection
short story collection
author Washington Irving
containsWork Christmas
Metacom
surface form: Philip of Pokanoket

Rip Van Winkle
Roscoe
Rural Funerals
Stratford-on-Avon
The Angler
The Art of Book-Making
The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap
The Widow and Her Son
surface form: The Broken Heart

The Christmas Dinner
The Country Church
The Inn Kitchen
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Mutability of Literature
The Pride of the Village
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Voyage
The Widow and Her Son
The Wife
The Wife
surface form: The Wife’s Story

Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstCompleteBookEditionYear 1820
firstPublisher C. S. Van Winkle
genre essays
short stories
hasTheme American identity
folklore and legend
nostalgia
transatlantic culture
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
narrativeFrame fictional persona of Geoffrey Crayon
narrator Geoffrey Crayon
notableFor advancing the international standing of American literature
helping establish Washington Irving’s literary reputation
originalPublicationFormat serial
originalPublicationLocation New York City
publicationEndYear 1820
publicationStartYear 1819
setting England
United States of America
surface form: United States

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The Storm-Ship partOfSeries The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
this entity surface form: The Sketch Book and Bracebridge cycle of Irving tales