New Essays on The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans is the most widely read and internationally acclaimed of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tales, and has traditionally been regarded as an exciting and well-made adventure story. In recent years, however, critics have found in this classic tale of colonial warfare deeper levels of meaning. In the introduction to this volume, H. Daniel Peck studies these developments by tracking critical responses to the novel from the time of its publication in 1826 to the present day. The essays that follow present contemporary re-assessments of The Last of the Mohicans from a variety of critical perspectives.

Table des matières

Preface; 1. Introduction H. Daniel Peck; 2. The widerness of words in The Last of the Mohicans Wayne Franklin; 3. From atrocity to requiem: history in The Last of the Mohicans Terence Martin; 4. How men and women wrote Indian stories Nina Baym; 5. Generation through violence: Cooper and the making of Americans Shirley Samuels; 6. The lesson of the massacre at Fort William Henry Robert Lawson-Peebles; Notes; Selected bibliography.

Résumé

In this volume, deeper levels of meaning in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans are studied by tracking critical responses to the novel from its publication in 1826 to the present and reassessing them from a variety of critical perspectives.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: H. Daniel Peck (Editeur), Peck H. Daniel (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 27.03.1992
• EAN: 9780521374149
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37414-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Poids: 350 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Thèmes: American Novel (Hardcover); The American Novel
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form