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This paper provides an analysis of Washington Irving's short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. The analysis focuses on the aspects of the story that make Irving a classic American writer and the story a distinctly American classic.

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"While seemingly simple on the surface Washington Irving's short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is reflective of the styles, themes, issues and imagination associated with classical American writers akin to those who were part of the American Renaissance in literature such as Thoreau Emerson Hawthorne and Melville. A folk tale that incorporates a supernatural chase 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' also reflects some of the themes and issues of American society of the era particularly those revolving around the fledgling nation and ..."

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