representation of the savage in James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville
By: Anna Krauthammer.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780820468105
Subjects: Cooper, James Fenimore, -- 1789-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Noble savage in literature.; Indians in literature.; African Americans in literature.; American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Magua and Babo: the ignoble savage; value: Natty and Tom: the white savage; value: Chingachcook and Queequeg: the noble savage; value: Civilization and the savage; value: Nature and the savage.