Book I
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Book I is the opening section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, introducing the mock-historical tone and humorous narrative that characterize the rest of the book.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Book I (A History of New York) | 0 | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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literary work part → |
| author | Washington Irving → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresNarrator | Diedrich Knickerbocker → |
| genre |
comic history
→
mock-historical narrative → |
| hasAuthorPseudonym | Diedrich Knickerbocker → |
| hasParentWorkTitle | A History of New York → |
| hasWorkTitle | Book I → |
| introduces |
humorous narrative style
→
mock-historical tone → |
| isFollowedBy |
A History of New York
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surface form:
Book II of A History of New York
|
| language | English → |
| literaryMovement | American literature → |
| narrativeFunction |
prefatory history
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scene-setting introduction → |
| narrativeMode |
Diedrich Knickerbocker
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surface form:
first-person narrator Diedrich Knickerbocker
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| openingSectionOf | A History of New York → |
| partOf | A History of New York → |
| publicationCentury | 19th century → |
| setsToneFor | A History of New York → |
| style |
mock-scholarly prose
→
parodic historiography → |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical → |
| usesDevice |
exaggeration
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irony → parody of historical writing → |
| workType | satire → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book II (A History of New York)
this entity surface form:
Book I (A History of New York)
subject surface form:
Book II (A History of New York)
this entity surface form:
Book I (A History of New York)