560 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

It's the early nineteenth century, and the moon is bright, the Hudson Valley forests are full of shadows, and a lonely schoolteacher heads home on his rickety horse. All those stories he's heard about a headless horseman are just stuff and nonsense...aren't they? In this episode, Jacke continues his look at early American writer Washington Irving (1783-1859) with a reading of Irving's classic 1820 Halloween story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." PLUS a look at Emily Dickinson's Poem #236 ("Some - keep the Sabbath - going to church - ") Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglomerate Network and LitHub Radio.
0:13.0	Quiz Lady, the comedy with all the answers is now streaming only on Hulu.
0:18.0	The story stars Aquapina and Sandra O. as two sisters, one tightly wound and one train wreck.
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1:13.0	Hello, it is October, which means it's the month of Halloween.
1:19.0	Traditionally, we have trick-or-treating ghost stories, haunted houses, and pumpkins.
1:25.0	The story we're going to read today is iconic, paradigmatic.
1:30.0	It sets the tone for our modern conception of Halloween.
1:34.0	We'll explain what we mean and hear the story, the legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, today, on the history of literature.
1:49.0	Okay, here we go. Welcome to the podcast, everyone. I'm Jack Wilson. I'm glad you're here today.
1:55.0	We're reading a story today that is fairly long, and some of you love hearing stories read.
2:01.0	And for others, it's not your cup of tea, but that's fine.
2:04.0	We try to please all audiences here at the history of literature podcasts.
2:09.0	So for those of you who want to give this one a miss, we will see you next time, but don't go yet.
2:14.0	Because we're also going to take a look at a poem by Emily Dickinson to give you a dose of poetry and analysis.
2:22.0	A little morsel to tide you over until the next episode, which is probably going to be a conversation about Homer that I had with a man who's been studying and analyzing and teaching the Iliad for more than 50 years.
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