Rip Van Winkle

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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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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 Jr. ⓘ
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containsSupernaturalElement mysterious Dutch bowlers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 (film adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle (play) ⓘ
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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 (character) ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
settingLocation Catskill Mountains ⓘ
settingTime before and after the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
theme change over time ⓘ
freedom and responsibility ⓘ
identity and memory ⓘ
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.

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