James Fenimore Cooper
Subtitle: New Historical and Literary Contexts (D Q R Studies in Literature) (D Q R Studies in Literature)
Publisher: Editions Rodopi
Published: January 1993
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9789051833331
Subjects: Literary Criticism; Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851; Cooper, James Fenimore,; 1789-1851; Criticism and interpretation; Historical fiction, American; History and criticism
First sentence: The argument I wish to pursue here is that the critical fortunes of the novelistic subgenre to which Cooper's fictions are usually supposed to belong deeply affected both the ways he wrote them and the ways they have been received over the years.