New Essays on the Last of the Mohicans

ISBN-13: 9780521374149 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 154 str.

H. Daniel Peck; Emory Elliot; H. Daniel Peck

Opis

The editor tracks critical responses to "The Last of the Mohicans" from the time of its publication in 1826 to the present day, while the essays that follow present contemporary reassessments of the novel from a variety of critical perspectives.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction H. Daniel Peck; 2. The widerness of words in The Last of the Mohicans Wayne Franklin; 3. From atrocity to requiem: history in The Last of the Mohicans Terence Martin; 4. How men and women wrote Indian stories Nina Baym; 5. Generation through violence: Cooper and the making of Americans Shirley Samuels; 6. The lesson of the massacre at Fort William Henry Robert Lawson-Peebles; Notes; Selected bibliography.