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Book SynopsisNewman looks at the use of landscape in a wide array of Cooper's novels to illustrate the great author's distinctive outlook on what it meant to be a gentleman in the early days of America. Only in the land of democracy, opportunity and rolling countryside can a true Cooper gentleman arise.
Trade ReviewJargon free and imbued with a deep appreciation of the primary literature, Russ Newman's study of Cooper provides an excellent rereading of a host of previously neglected novels. Newman takes us on a voyage through Cooper's novels that provides a refreshing reassessment of the role of nature in the development of Cooper's major heroic theme: the new American gentleman. -- Patrick Murphy
Ecocritical analysis of Cooper is long overdue, and Newman delivers it with intelligence and insight. -- James M. Cahalan, Author of Edward Abbey: A Life
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Gentleman from the American Garden Chapter 3 Creating the Gentleman, Creating the American Garden Chapter 4 The Wilderness and the Gentleman Chapter 5 The Gentleman and the Island Chapter 6 The Sea and the Old Country Chapter 7 Conclusion
