Washington Irving's "The Author's Account of Himself" and "Rip Van Winkle" (1819)

Which is NOT something he wanted to know about as he was growing up?

He says every American city has plenty of great men, but he feels __________________.

T or F? The Sketch-book was important to literary history because it was one of the first books printed in America.

Which is NOT one of the advantages of Europe in Crayon's view?

"My native country was full of _______________; Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age."

Irving wanted The Sketch-book to be high-quality, and it ended up costing $5 each. Which is NOT something true about it?

Crayon was supposedly a young American bachelor who travels to England in search of _____________ not found here.

This is an American fairytale in which a man can escape domestic responsibility, take off, get drunk, sleep, and wake to

How many tales and narrative sketches did Irving write while visiting England in 1817 and 1818?

Because there was no _______, British could publish American works and Americans could publish British works w/o paying.

"Rip Van Winkle" come from another book written under a pseudonym, The Sketch-Book of ______________, Gent."

How long was Rip asleep?

Crayon's name comes from an implement used by an artist to make a _______.

One reason Rip went for a walk was to escape the tyranny of his wife, but when he returns, he finds that ___________.

Knickerbocker is supposedly an amateur ________ and folklorist.

"I will visit this land of wonder [England], thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am __________."

Irving's success was a result of both his literary talents and his ________.

Irving suggest all Americans want to awake to find their nation "singularly metamorphisized" into a world power and ___.

In addition to the "grandeur of the past," Crayon had a desire to see the "_____________."

Crayon worries that, like an "unlucky landscape-painter," he may give disappointment by focusing on ___ and missing __.

In addition to daydreaming as he watched ships leave from the piers, Crayon neglected his schoolwork because he was ___.

Rip Van Winkle is a protagonist in his story and a member of the _____ community that settles in the Catskill Mountains.

Crayon says if he only cared about _____, he would have been content to stay in his home country where it was plentiful.

Are things different or the same when Rip returns?

Although Crayon claims he needs to travel to Europe for material, a number of the sketches are set where?

How long after the Revolutionary War ended did Irving write Rip?

Which is NOT something Irving and his character Geoffrey Crayon have in common?

Washington Irving was one of the first _________________ writers whose work was regularly read and praised by Europeans.

What pseudonym did Irving use for A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty?

What 19th century mythos did Rip Van Winkle contradict? The idea that any farmer in America would become a ____________.

The longer Rip owned property, the poorer he became until there was little more left than __________.

Irving made a hoax by saying Mr. Knickerbocker disappeared and left his manuscript in the ______ where he was last seen.

Irving strategized on how he could best secure ___________ from his work.

Where did he get the idea that the great men of Europe must be greater than those of America?

When Crayon would wander as a boy, who else besides his parents was affected?

What's different about the sign on the tavern door?

T or F? Irving used psuedonyms for his essays written in the early 1800s.

Lyly's quote agrees with Homer on a simile comparing an international traveler's changing to live where he can with ___.

Irving says, "to make a long story short," and transforms the violent rebellion and long war into _____.

What was the result for Irving of his publishing The Sketch-Book?

In "The Author's Account of Himself" (from The Sketch-book), he begins with a quote from where?

Who takes care of him when Rip shows up again?

He and Charles Brockden Brown both began their careers woring in what field?

Rip's dedication to ______, _____, and ________ presents an alternative American story.

Who was, coincidentally, the printer of The Sketch-book?

What is the first sketch in Crayon's book?

The story of Rip Van Winkle was so popular that it was adapted into __________.

T or F? Crayon said he had to gradually learn to like travel.

Irving frames his History as if it were a legend retold by people living in the _______, preserved by Knickerbocker.

He compares himself to a tourist traveling and drawing sketches, though his are made of words, written for what reason?

For good or evil, he has wandered through different countries, studying them not as a philosopher but like a ____.

Irving's solution to no international copyright was to do what?

Irving's first book was a ___________ history of New York. This words means exaggerated to expose people's stupidity.