Publication

2017 - Yale University Press, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

201,250 words, Guess

Page Count

805 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number959033172
  • Better World Books9780300135718
  • Better World BooksP8-BQM-439
  • Open LibraryOL27232813M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.2
  • LCCPS1431 .F74 2017
  • LCCPS1431
and 1 more
  • LCCPS1431 .F732 2017

Description

"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."--Amazon.com

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