{"product_id":"the-dutch-world-of-washington-irving-knickerbockers-history-of-new-york-and-the-hudson-valley-folktales-hardcover","title":"The Dutch World of Washington Irving: Knickerbocker's History of New York and the Hudson Valley Folktales - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElisabeth Paling Funk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dutch World of Washington Irving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells an alternative origin story of American literary culture. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn December of 1809, before finding fame with \"Rip Van Winkle\" and \"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,\" Washington Irving published his satirical \u003ci\u003eA History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. Elisabeth Paling Funk explains that the \u003ci\u003eHistory of New York\u003c\/i\u003e and the Hudson Valley folktales that followed were part of an early trend of responding to the national desire for a historical record. Funk argues that these works uniquely describe this part of the American scene in the period of the Early Republic and bring forward the Dutch strain in its history and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunk explores what the young Irving would have read, heard, and observed during his early life and career in New York City, once part of the former colony of New Netherland, where he was surrounded by Dutch-speaking neighbors and relatives and Dutch literature. Based on these sources, \u003ci\u003e The Dutch World of Washington Irving \u003c\/i\u003eargues that Irving's Knickerbocker works--not only his History but also his Hudson Valley stories--represent a crucial effort to preserve Dutch life and folk customs in the Hudson Valley in the face of Anglo-Americanization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding the first complete glossary of Irving's Dutch vocabulary and drawing on untranslated Dutch sources, Funk offers cultural historians, scholars of American folklore and literature, and the latest generation of Irving's readers unprecedented access into the Dutch world of Washington Irving and his American contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the Netherlands, Elisabeth Paling Funk received her PhD from Fordham University, taught English at the university level, and is now a translator, editor, and independent scholar. She lives in the Hudson Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43340553715801,"sku":"9781501781650","price":95.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/cttlSQrnKH9781501781650.webp?v=1779444839","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/the-dutch-world-of-washington-irving-knickerbockers-history-of-new-york-and-the-hudson-valley-folktales-hardcover","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}