Brom Bones Meets the Count de Buffon: Race, Biopower, and Natural History in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.

In Washington Irving's short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', animals are everywhere and almost seem interchangeable with humans. Nevertheless, the story's pervasive animal imagery has received scant critical attention. In this paper, I consider the blurring human/animal binary in the story as a...

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Published in:Comparative American Studies Vol. 21; no. 1/2; pp. 70 - 85
Main Author: Campbell, Theo Joy
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar-Jun2024
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