Diedrich Knickerbocker

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fictional character literary persona pseudonymous author

Diedrich Knickerbocker is a fictional Dutch-American historian persona created by Washington Irving, best known as the purported author of "A History of New York."

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Label Occurrences
Diedrich Knickerbocker canonical 16
first-person narrator Diedrich Knickerbocker 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary persona ⓘ
pseudonymous author ⓘ
associatedWith Dutch colonial history of New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
characterType comic persona ⓘ
satirical historian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Washington Irving ⓘ
culturalImpact helped popularize the term "Knickerbocker" for old New York families ⓘ
ethnicBackground Dutch-American ⓘ
fictionalEthnicity Dutch ⓘ
fictionalUniverse works of Washington Irving ⓘ
firstAppearanceInWork A History of New York ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1809 ⓘ
genreAssociation humor ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasMetafictionalRole blurs boundary between author and narrator ⓘ
inspiredTerm Knickerbocker (nickname for New Yorker) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement early American literature ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork A History of New York ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
portrayedAs antiquarian ⓘ
eccentric scholar ⓘ
relatedConcept frame narrative ⓘ
literary hoax in early American publishing ⓘ
pseudonym ⓘ
roleInWork narrator of "A History of New York" ⓘ
purported author of "A History of New York" ⓘ
settingOfActivity Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: New Amsterdam

early New York ⓘ
usedAs authorial mask for Washington Irving ⓘ
usedFor literary hoax ⓘ
marketing of "A History of New York" ⓘ

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Washington Irving → pseudonym → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
A History of New York → authorPseudonym → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
A History of New York → narrator → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
A History of New York → notableCharacter → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
A History of New York → titleCharacter → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
Book I → hasAuthorPseudonym → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
Book I → narrativeMode → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
this entity surface form: first-person narrator Diedrich Knickerbocker
Book I → featuresNarrator → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
Book V → narrator → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Book V (A History of New York)
Book II → hasMainCharacter → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Book II (A History of New York)
Book II → narrator → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Book II (A History of New York)
Book II → hasCreatorPseudonym → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Book II (A History of New York)
Book III → pseudonymousAuthor → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Book III (A History of New York)
Book III → narrator → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Book III (A History of New York)
Knickerbocker (nickname for New Yorker) → popularizedThroughCharacter → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
Knickerbocker (nickname for New Yorker) → featuresCharacter → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: A History of New York
The Knickerbocker group → namedAfter → Diedrich Knickerbocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Knickerbocker group