In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

This man used his experiences in Spain to write Tales of the Alhambra and wrote under the pen name "Jonathan Oldstyle." This man's History of New York was written under the pen name of Diedich Knickerbocker. In another of his works, the main character romances Katrina Van Tassel. That character of this author is driven from the title town by (*) Brom Bones, who dresses as the Headless Horseman to terrify Ichabod Crane. For 10 points, name this American author of "Rip van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Literature

A member of the Alcmaeonid family he was born under a family curse incited by his great-grandfather. Peisistratus exiled him and his family, but he returned twenty years later, and during the reign of Hippias convinced the Delphic oracle to tell Sparta to help overthrow the tyranny. Gaining power in 510, he broke the traditional aristocracy, instituting a system of the ten tribes of Attica.. FTP, identify this Athenian tyrant who created the council of 500 in order to favor equal rights for all citizens.
History

The speaker of this poem asserts that Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world, before he notes the dullness of rusting unburnished, not to shine in use! The speaker of this poem also describes his subjects as a rugged people, and asserts that his son, through soft degrees, can Subdue them to the useful and the good. This poem notes that It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles/And see the great Achilles. At the end of this poem, the title character declares that he is made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, and resolves to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. For ten points, identify this poem about the hero of the Odyssey, a work by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Literature