The Last of the Mohicans
The second of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, this is the one which has consistently captured the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1826. Its success lies partly in the historical role Cooper gives to his Indian characters, against the grain of accumulated racial hostility, and partly in his evocation of the wild beautiful landscapes of North America which the French and the British fought to control throughout the eighteenth century.At the centre of the novel is the celebrated `Massacre' of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical even…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: McWilliams, John (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-161112-4
- EAN: 9780191611124
- Produktnummer: 13996235
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'433 KB
- Abbildungen: 2 maps
Über den Autor
John P. McWilliams is Professor of American Literature at Middlebury College, Vermont.
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