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The Gentleman in the Garden. The Influential Landscape in the Works of James Fenimore Cooper.
Russell T. Newman
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Description for The Gentleman in the Garden. The Influential Landscape in the Works of James Fenimore Cooper.
Hardback. Newman 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. Num Pages: 120 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
The Gentleman in the Garden: The Influential Landscape of James Fenimore Cooper examines the profound and previously unrecognized relationship between landscape and social standing in the work of James Fenimore Cooper. Russell T. Newman 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. Both a broad overview of Cooper's work and an in-depth examination of its views on society,The Gentleman in the Garden is more than a glimpse into the pioneer aesthetic of one of ... Read more
The Gentleman in the Garden: The Influential Landscape of James Fenimore Cooper examines the profound and previously unrecognized relationship between landscape and social standing in the work of James Fenimore Cooper. Russell T. Newman 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. Both a broad overview of Cooper's work and an in-depth examination of its views on society,The Gentleman in the Garden is more than a glimpse into the pioneer aesthetic of one of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739105818
SKU
V9780739105818
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About Russell T. Newman
Russell Newman is Assistant Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Reviews for The Gentleman in the Garden. The Influential Landscape in the Works of James Fenimore Cooper.
Jargon 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.
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