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James Fenimore Cooper : the later years
- Title
- James Fenimore Cooper : the later years / Wayne Franklin.
- Author
- Franklin, Wayne
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-5340 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 805 pages, 8 unumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "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
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-5340
- ISBN
- 0300135718
- 9780300135718
- LCCN
- 2016952175
- OCLC
- 959033172
- Author
- Franklin, Wayne, author.
- Title
- James Fenimore Cooper : the later years / Wayne Franklin.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-5340