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* * James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) Life and background Major works His contributions to American literature The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper 1．Life story: 1) Born in a rich family in Burlington, New Jersey,1789. 2) Attended Yale but expelled because of misconduct 3) Five years at sea 4) Inherited fortune and had a wealthy wife and seven children, they lived a comfortable life James Fenimore Cooper Three types of novels he launched: Revolutionary historical novel: The Spy; Frontier novel: The Pioneers; Sea adventure novel: The Pilot. Major themes: Antithesis between nature and civilization; Antithesis between freedom and law; Antithesis between individual and society; Conflict between cultures. James Fenimore Cooper Major works: The Spy (1821) 《间谍》 The Pilot (1824) 《舵手》 Leatherstocking Tales: The Pioneers (1823), 《拓荒者》 The Last of the Mohicans (1826), 《最后的莫西干人》 The Prairie (1827), 《大草原》 The Pathfinder (1840), 《探路人》 The Deerslayer (1841). 《杀鹿者》 His Writing Styles Being good at making plots. All his novels were full of myths. Full of imagination. Creativity. The frontier to help to introduce the “Western” tradition into American literature. James Fenimore Cooper Seven “firsts”: 1. The first successful American historical romance (The Spy, 1821). 2. The first sea novel (The Pilot, 1824). 3. The first attempt at a fully researched historical novel (Lionel Lincoln, 1825).《莱昂内尔·林肯》 4. The first full-scale History of the Navy of the United States of America (1839). James Fenimore Cooper Seven “firsts”: 5. The first American international novel of manners (Homeward Bound and Home as Found, 1838). 6. The first trilogy in American fiction (Satanstoe, 1845; The Chainbearer, 1845; and The Redskins, 1846). 7. The first epic romance to carry its mythic hero - Natty Bumppo - from youth to old age.