James Fenimore Cooper : new critical essays / edited by Robert Clark. - London ; Totowa, NJ : Vision ;, Barnes & Noble,. 1985. - 208 p. ; 23 cm. - Critical studies series . - 813/.2 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Instructing the American democract / by Heinz Ickstadt -- Cultivating an audience / by James D. Wallace -- Literally White, figuratively Red / by Eric Cheyfitz -- Guns mean democracy / by Charles Swann -- Pioneer properties ; or, What's in a hut? / by Richard Godden -- Red Satan / by John P. McWilliams -- The prairie and Cooper's invention of the west / by Gordon Brotherston -- Rewriting revolution / by Robert Clark.

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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 --Criticism and interpretation.


Historical fiction, American--History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.

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