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James fenimore cooper

             James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington New Jersey on September 15,1789. James Fenimore Cooper was America's first successful popular novelist and son on of the prominent Federalist William Cooper. Cooper was an exceptionally smart child and entered Yale in February 1803. Cooper was educated at Yale in preparation for a genteel life as a federalist gentlemen. In Coopers junior year at Yale he was expelled for executing many pranks. He even trained a donkey to sit in the professors chair and created an explosion by blowing up a dorm door. After being kicked out of school Cooper became a commissioned midshipman in the Navy on January 1, 1808. .
             Cooper was the eleventh of twelve children. James father, William Cooper founded Cooperstown NY. In 1796 James Cooper's father was determined to make his home permanently in the town he had founded, which by that time promised to become a thriving settlement. William began the construction of a mansion, completed in 1799, which he named Otsego Hall. James married Susan Augusta Delancey on January 1,1811 and had 5 daughters and 2 sons with Susan. Between 1813 and 1819 his mother and all five of Coopers brothers died. Cooper was a traditional man and agreed to support his brothers widows and children. Around the last of these deaths Cooper began to write. The only way Cooper could support his family was to turn to writing. In 1809 Cooper's father died leaving his estate to Cooper. After receiving his fathers inheritance Cooper is able to write for himself and no longer for income.
             In 1826 Cooper added Fenimore as his middle name legally. Fenimore was Cooper's mothers maiden name. Cooper also named his first son, Fenimore, in memory of his mother. Cooper began his literary career with Precaution. Cooper's wife Susan bet Cooper that he could write a better book then the one she was reading. Cooper modeled this book after Sir Walter Scott's Waverle Novels.


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1. Oh Yeah

Among them was James Fenimore Cooper, whose contributions of American literature is unarguable, as his novels were the quintessential representative of American romanticism. ... During this time, writers, such as: Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allen Poe, and James Fenimore Cooper emerged. ... Cooper's talent found expression through indigenous materials. ... With these in mind, it is impossible for one to declare that James Fenimore Cooper's works had no literary value. ... James Fenimore Cooper was an author, more importantly a romantic, whose tales ha...

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2. The Last of the Mohicans

Theme, Characters, and Mood of The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey. ... The Last of the Mohicans was written by James Fenimore Cooper and was published in 1826. ... Cooper explains characters by their relationships with nature. ... Cooper shows that interracial desire can be inherited. ... The Last of the Mohicans is a novel written by James Fenimore Cooper. ...

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3. Essay on romance

In a novel written by James Fenimore Cooper, entitled The Last of the Mohicans, many of these themes are depicted through romanticism. ... James Fennimore Cooper successfully forms an evident theme of the battle between good and evil using the romanticism technique. ... Because of James Fenimore Cooper, or the author's intricate view of nature and his development of characters through it, The Last of the Mohicans is a well written romantic novel. ...

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4. hero

James Fenimore Cooper's hero is from the wilderness and a hero from the past. It is insinuated in his stories Cooper's hero will be a hero no matter what. ... If Cooper's hero had been born into a life of wealth and luxury, would he have made the same choice to become a hunter and kill all the Indians? In modern times like today, Cooper's vision of a hero from wilderness is no longer valid. ... Cooper's hero is described as who has lived with nature and in the wilderness. ...

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5. The Last Of The Mohicans

Cooper, James Fenimore. ... Part I: The Author and His Preparations James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in Burlington, NJ though raised in Cooperstown, NY. ... Cooper's appreciation for primary nature is obvious in the choice of a vibrated phrasing and the descriptive accuracy of his scenes. ... Cooper's treatment of his theme is not all negative, however. ... In my opinion, Cooper didn't appear to be taking sides with the French or the English as well as with the "whites" and the "reds". ...

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6. Last of the Mohicans

This novel, written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826, has been made into two movies since its publishing. ... The third major difference that I recognized was the ending, Fenimore's book told of Magua's end as him falling to his death off a cliff during a chase with Hawkeye. ... James Fenimore Cooper's book is a great story that has strong characters and a powerful plot. ...

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7. Last Of The Mohicans

From implausible, daring escapes to unrealistic accounts of the savagery of the Native Americans, James Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans emphasizes the "fiction" in historical fiction. ... English and French act as Cooper's "fallen languages". ... It is most simply that Cooper's Indians are unrealistic. ... Something Cooper is also guilty of is "cowboy inflation". ... Fenimore Cooper's contribution to American history. ...

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8. The Last of the Mohicans

"The Last of the Mohicans," by James Fenimore Cooper, is a novel about the British-French war and the Indians who are allying the French. ... In the book The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, there are several characters who emulate the traits of a hero. ...

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9. The Developing of A Nation

As the U.S. began to expand into a bigger, dominant country, James Monroe wrote the Monroe Doctrine which explained to other nations that North and South America were completely off limits, and that any country that came into the area's would be considered a threat, and dealt with accordingly. ... Some authors like James Fenimore Cooper were famous for there works of historical fiction. Unlike Fenimore Catharine Maria Sedgwick made her female characters heroines. Fenimore always made his female characters dull and boring. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

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