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This paper gives an analysis of Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." According to the paper, this was among the first representations of American imaginative fiction. Irving's work is representative of the time in which he lived, as well as of the Romantic literary tradition. Although idealized, it is possible to imagine the quiet Dutch hamlet of Sleepy Hollow as it existed, seen through Washington Irving's eyes.

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"To a certain extent, every literary work written reflects the culture of the individual that produced it. Whether the writer is criticizing that culture or praising that culture, he or she is responding to events that either have affected or are currently affecting that individual's life. Minority Report and Madame Bovary could not be two more different works, for example, but both take issue of the cultural norms that existed at the time that they were written."

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