Book III

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book section
literary work
author Washington Irving
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre humorous fiction
satire
hasWorkType historical parody
language English
literaryMovement American literature
literaryStyle mock-historical narrative
narrativeForm prose
narrator Diedrich Knickerbocker
partOf A History of New York
early 19th-century American satire
pseudonymousAuthor Diedrich Knickerbocker
settingPlace New York
settingTime early history of New York
subject New Netherland
surface form: Dutch colonial New York

early days of New York City
tone comic
satirical
usesLiteraryDevice exaggeration
irony
parody of historical scholarship
workInSeries A History of New York
surface form: A History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker

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A History of New York hasPart Book III