The Emergence of the American Frontier Hero 1682–1826 [electronic resource] : Gender, Action, and Emotion /
MacNeil, D.author.
The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson's narration of her experiences as a prisoner during King Phillip's war through works by Unca Eliza Winkfield, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, the film-maker John Ford, and actor John Wayne.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The American Frontier Hero in Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration; 2. Mythological Roots of the American Frontier Hero; 3. Mary Rowlandson, Puritan Hero; 4. Mothering the Adamic Hero; 5. Transcending Gendered English American Social Positions: Gender and Racial Multiplicity in The Female American;  or, the Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield; 6. Dancing between Ferocity and Delicacy in Edgar Huntly;  or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Charles Brockden Brown
7. Reconstituting the American Frontier Hero through James Fenimore Cooper's Natty Bumppo in The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 17578. Mary Rowlandson in Jeans: The John Ford/John Wayne Film The Searchers and the Mary Rowlandson Archetype; Figure 8.1 Relationship of the American Frontier Hero to the "Threshold of Adventure" and the Adventure Cycle (Campbell 245-246); Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson's narration of her experiences as a prisoner during King Phillip's war through works by Unca Eliza Winkfield, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, the film-maker John Ford, and actor John Wayne.
America—Literatures.
Literature, Modern—18th century.
Sociology.
Literature, Modern.
Emotions.
North American Literature.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Emotion.