What are elements of Dark Romanticism in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

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"" exhibits the following elements of Dark Romanticism:

• Idealization of rural life and of the wilderness
• Interest in the
  supernatural
• Conflicts between good and evil
• Dark
  irrational side of nature

While "The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow" has these elements of the darker side of Romanticism, they are employed with humor
andas Irving pokes fun of these conventions, especially the supernatural.

• Idealization of rural life and the wilderness

In theof
his story, Irving as narrator describes the marvelous setting on the eastern shore of the Hudson
River as a quiet village near a little valley among high hills with a small brook. However, he
uses some adjectives ironically as they suggest that the place is not as idealistic as initially
described. For example, Irving writes of the "listless repose of the place" and the
"peculiar character of its inhabitants." Then again, Irving returns to
praise: 

I mention this peaceful spot with all
possible...

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