The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving The town of Sleepy Hollow is described as having a dreamy quality to it. The narrator states it has a "listless repose" (993) and the townspeople are described as being of a "peculiar character" (993). Irving has created the perfect setting for a supernatural experience. The town seems to be "under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them …showed first 75 words of 1168 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1168 total…as done, he was not slow to realize what he had done or to understand the techniques of his storytelling. Irving created the American short story and is considered the single most important practitioner of gothic fiction during the 1820s Works Cited Schutte, Doug. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." <http://www.louisville.edu/~daschu02/ripandsleepy.html> Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Ed. Nina Baym. New York: Norton & Company, 2003. 992-1013