The Hollow (2004)

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an 1820 short story by American author Washington Irving contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Irving wrote the story while living in Birmingham, England.

Background

The story was the longest one published as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (commonly referred to as The Sketch Book), issued as a serial by Irving throughout 1819 and 1820 under the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon". Irving wrote The Sketch Book during a tour of Europe, and parts of the tale may also be traced to European origins.

These specters were usually viewed as omens of ill fortune for those who chose to disregard their apparitions. They found their victims in proud, scheming persons and characters with hubris and arrogance. One particularly influential rendition of this folktale is the last of the "Legenden von Rübezahl" ('Legends of Rübezahl') from Johann Karl August Musäus's literary retellings of German folktales Volksmärchen der Deutschen (1783).

The country south of the Bronx River was abandoned by the Continental Army and occupied by the British after the Battle of White Plains in October 1776. The Americans were fortified north of Peekskill, leaving Westchester County a 30-mile (48 km) stretch of "Neutral Ground," a scorched and desolated no man's land vulnerable to outlaws, raiders, and vigilantes.

According to another hypothesis, Irving could have drawn the figure of the "headless rider" from German Silesian literature, from the Chronicle of Sprottau by J. G. Kreis, written in the first half of the 19th century. In the 19th century, police counselor Kreis noted that the inhabitants of this city were afraid to move after dusk on Hospitalstrasse (now Sądowa Street) due to the headless rider apparition seen there.

Walter Scott encouraged Irving to learn German to be able to read stories, ballads, and legends in their native language.

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