Humanity, Nature, and the Supernatural in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

This paper examines the ways through which Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” might be considered as an example of environmental literature which focuses extensively on nature and the human relationship to it. It argues that Irving promotes an ecocentric worldview which treats human b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sabri Mnassar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/19826