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S/LI/255. Avery Gordon argues in 'The Sociology of Haunting' that the supernatural always announces that something is missing (or has been left out) and will return. Comment in relation to the 'historical' fictions of Washington Irving

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The paper analyses Irving's novels The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle reflecting on his exploitation of the supernatural, the traumas of childhood, the 'suppressed narrative' and the symbolic meaning of the stories.

 

KEYWORDS: Washington Irving, Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, symbolism,

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