Book II

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Book II is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous, mock-historical narrative of early New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book section
literary work
author Washington Irving
belongsToSeries A History of New York
surface form: A History of New York (multi-book structure)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fictionalPerspective mock-historical narrator
genre humor
mock history
satire
hasCreatorPseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker
hasCulturalContext early 19th-century New York literary culture
hasHumorType historical burlesque
satire of colonial chronicles
hasMainCharacter Diedrich Knickerbocker
hasRealAuthorName Washington Irving
hasWorkTitle Book II self-linksurface differs
hasWorkType narrative prose
includedIn first edition of A History of New York
isFollowedBy A History of New York
surface form: Book III (A History of New York)
isPrecededBy Book I
surface form: Book I (A History of New York)
isSectionOfSatiricalHistory A History of New York
language English
literaryDevice exaggeration
irony
parody of historical scholarship
literaryMovement American literature
early American satire
literaryStyle parodic
satirical
medium print
narrativeForm prose
narrator Diedrich Knickerbocker
originalPlaceOfPublication New York City
originalPublicationCentury 19th century
originalPublicationYear 1809
originalPublisher Inskeep & Bradford
partOf A History of New York
settingLocation New York
settingTime early history of New York
subjectMatter early Dutch New York (fictionalized)
targetAudience adult readers
tone humorous
workContinues Book I
surface form: Book I (A History of New York)
workTitleInCollection Book II of A History of New York

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