A biographical profile of Irving's life, an overview of 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hallow,' a suggested further reading list, and a selected bibliography round out this web site. Site maintained by Pegasos, a Finnish online literary resource.

This essay, first published in 1976, examines Irving's search for native themes and includes an excerpt from his text 'A History of New York' (1809). Site maintained by the University of Virginia.

A brief profile of Washington Irving with links to online transcripts to selected works. Commercial site maintained by Great Literature Online.

Read about the 1999 film adaptation of Irving's novel directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. Commercial site maintained by the Internet Movie Database.

Issues and strategies, themes, personal issues, artistic convention, original audience, and questions for reading and discussion are a few of the topics covered in this guide for incorporating Washington's work into the curriculum. Site maintained by Georgetown University.

Information on Washington Irving's home Sunnyside, located in Tarrytown, NY, is maintained by Historic Hudson Valley.

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