James Fenimore Cooper : the later years
2017
928.1 C776frw 2017
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Title
James Fenimore Cooper : the later years
Variant Title
James Fenimore Cooper : the early years
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Description
xviii, 805 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
928.1 C776frw 2017
System Control No.
(OCoLC)959033172
Note
Published as second volume; 1st volume published in 2007 under title: "James Fenimore Cooper : the early years."
"American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789--1851) has been credited with inventing and popularizing a wide variety of genre fiction, including the Western, the spy novel, the high seas adventure tale, and the Revolutionary War romance. America's first crusading novelist, Cooper reminds us that literature is not a cloistered art; rather, it ought to be intimately engaged with the world. In this second volume of his definitive biography, Wayne Franklin concentrates on the latter half of Cooper's life, detailing a period of personal and political controversy, far-ranging international travel, and prolific literary creation. We hear of Cooper's progressive views on race and slavery, his doubts about American expansionism, and his concern about the future prospects of the American Republic, while observing how his groundbreaking career management paved the way for later novelists to make a living through their writing. Franklin offers readers the most comprehensive portrait to date of this underappreciated American literary icon"--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-771) and index.
Contents: From Manhattan to Paris -- London and the Alps -- Italian skies -- Imaginary politics -- Republican principles -- Rough homecoming -- Public versus private -- Libels on libels -- A legacy reclaimed -- Piecework and patchwork -- At sea -- Coming on shore -- Florida and the Pacific -- Speculations -- Last words -- Endings -- Appendix: Cooper's libel suits.
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"American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789--1851) has been credited with inventing and popularizing a wide variety of genre fiction, including the Western, the spy novel, the high seas adventure tale, and the Revolutionary War romance. America's first crusading novelist, Cooper reminds us that literature is not a cloistered art; rather, it ought to be intimately engaged with the world. In this second volume of his definitive biography, Wayne Franklin concentrates on the latter half of Cooper's life, detailing a period of personal and political controversy, far-ranging international travel, and prolific literary creation. We hear of Cooper's progressive views on race and slavery, his doubts about American expansionism, and his concern about the future prospects of the American Republic, while observing how his groundbreaking career management paved the way for later novelists to make a living through their writing. Franklin offers readers the most comprehensive portrait to date of this underappreciated American literary icon"--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-771) and index.
Contents: From Manhattan to Paris -- London and the Alps -- Italian skies -- Imaginary politics -- Republican principles -- Rough homecoming -- Public versus private -- Libels on libels -- A legacy reclaimed -- Piecework and patchwork -- At sea -- Coming on shore -- Florida and the Pacific -- Speculations -- Last words -- Endings -- Appendix: Cooper's libel suits.
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