Rip Van Winkle

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literary work short story

Rip Van Winkle is a classic American short story about a man who mysteriously sleeps through decades in the Catskill Mountains and awakens to a transformed world.

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Rip Van Winkle Jr. 2
Rip Van Winkle (character) 1
Rip Van Winkle (film adaptations) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Washington Irving ⓘ
canonicalStatus classic of American literature ⓘ
containsCharacter Dame Van Winkle ⓘ
Judith Gardenier ⓘ
Nicholas Vedder ⓘ
Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rip Van Winkle Jr.
containsSupernaturalElement mysterious Dutch bowlers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresEvent American Revolutionary War (in background) ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
firstPublisher C. S. Van Winkle ⓘ
genre American literature ⓘ
fantasy fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasAdaptation Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rip Van Winkle (film adaptations)

Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rip Van Winkle (play)
hasIllustrationBy Arthur Rackham ⓘ
hasLiteraryDevice allegory ⓘ
frame narrative ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasMotive escape from domestic life ⓘ
hasPublicDomainStatus public domain in the United States ⓘ
includedIn many American literature anthologies ⓘ
influenced American short story tradition ⓘ
inspiredBy European folk tales about long sleepers ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod American Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rip Van Winkle (character)
narrator Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication New York City ⓘ
protagonistStatusAfterSleep citizen of the United States ⓘ
protagonistStatusBeforeSleep colonial subject of King George III ⓘ
publicationYear 1819 ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Catskill Mountains ⓘ
settingTime before and after the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
theme change over time ⓘ
freedom and responsibility ⓘ
identity and memory ⓘ
American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: the American Revolution

tradition versus progress ⓘ
timeSkipDuration 20 years ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicholas Vedder → appearsAlongside → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Dame Van Winkle → appearsIn → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Judith Gardenier → appearsIn → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Judith Gardenier → appearsInLiteraryWork → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Nicholas Vedder → characterInWork → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Judith Gardenier → childOf → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Rip Van Winkle → containsCharacter → Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rip Van Winkle Jr.
Judith Gardenier → fictionalUniverse → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rip Van Winkle universe
Rip Van Winkle → hasAdaptation → Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rip Van Winkle (play)
Rip Van Winkle → hasAdaptation → Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rip Van Winkle (film adaptations)
Judith Gardenier → hasFather → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Rip Van Winkle → mainCharacter → Rip Van Winkle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rip Van Winkle (character)
Kaaterskill Falls → mentionedIn → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving
Geoffrey Crayon → narrates → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
Washington Irving → notableWork → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Irving
Irving → notableWork → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Irving
Catskill Mountains → notableWork → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Irving
Judith Gardenier → siblingOf → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rip Van Winkle Jr.
Dame Van Winkle → spouse → Rip Van Winkle ⓘ