Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories Study Guide
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Alice Cullina, author of ClassicNote. Completed on April 10, 2009, copyright held by GradeSaver.
Updated and revised by Adam Kissel May 23, 2009. Copyright held by GradeSaver.
Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories. New York: Penguin, 1994.
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Hedges, William L. “Introduction” to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving. New York: Viking Penguin, 1988.
Ferguson, Robert A. "Rip Van Winkle and the Generational Divide in American Culture." Early American Literature 40:3 (2005), 529-544.
Rubin-Dorsky, Jeffrey. "The Value of Storytelling: 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' in the Context of 'The Sketch Book.'" Modern Philology 82:4 (May, 1985), 393-406.
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Young, Philip. "Fallen from Time: The Mythic Rip Van Winkle." The Kenyon Review 22:4 (Autumn, 1960), 547-573.
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