Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-202) and index.
Contents:
The life of James Fenimore Cooper -- Cooper's career and contributions to American and world literature -- Reading Cooper: problems of style and adventures in ideas -- The spy: a tale of the neutral ground (1821) -- The leather-stocking tales: an overview -- The pioneers: or The sources of the Susquehanna: a descriptive tale (1823) -- The last of the Mohicans: a narrative of 1757 (1826) -- The prairie: a tale (1827) -- The pathfinder: or, The inland sea (1840) -- The deerslayer: or, The first war-path (1841).
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