Jane Lundblad

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I popularitet och berömmelse torde få skräckberättelser kunna mäta sig med ”Legenden om Sleepy Hollow” av Washington Irving (1783-1859). Novellen har förblivit en av fantastikens verkliga pärlor, och dess tafatte protagonist, Ichabod Crane, är idag närmast en del av allmänbildningen; precis som den ohygglige huvudlöse ryttaren som hemsöker honom. Rip Van Winkle är en amerikansk nationalgestalt som man möter lika ofta i litteraturen som man stöter på Holger Danske i Danmark eller Don Quixote i Spanien. Berättelsen om den frihetsälskande slarvern Rip, som på flykt från hemmet blir bjuden på en trolldryck och sover bort tjugo år uppe i Catskillbergen, illustrerar inte bara den historiska och sociala utvecklingens snabba gång i den Nya världen; Rip blir också en företrädare för individens protest mot småstadsmentaliteten. Denna illustrerade utgåva av "Legenden om Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle", nummer tre i Hasturs serie Vargtimmen, är tryckt i 400 handnumrerade exemplar.