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James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) invented the key forms of American fiction - the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. Furthermore, Cooper turned novel writing from a polite diversion into a paying career. He influenced Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Francis Parkman, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Franklin, Wayne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Cooper, James Fenimore, > 1789-1851.
Cooper, James Fenimore, > 1789-1851 > Childhood and youth.
Cooper, James Fenimore, > 1789-1851
1800-1899
Novelists, American > 19th century > Biography.
Romanciers américains > 19e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Childhood and youth of a person
Novelists, American
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE: The Vision
  • TWO: Lessons
  • THREE The Voyage of the Stirling
  • FOUR Midshipman James Cooper
  • FIVE Love and War
  • SIX Fenimore Farm
  • SEVEN Gains and Losses
  • EIGHT A Better Book
  • NINE An American Tale
  • TEN Legal Troubles
  • ELEVEN Settlement
  • TWELVE Taking Manhattan
  • THIRTEEN Old Tales and New
  • FOURTEEN Legends
  • FIFTEEN Hawk-eye
  • SIXTEEN Literary Business
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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