The Last of the Mohicans

图书标准信息

• 作者 James Fenimore Cooper（詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1982-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213294
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 432页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThesecondofCooper'sfiveLeatherstockingTales,thisistheonewhichhasconsistentlycapturedtheimaginationofgenerationssinceitwasfirstpublishedin1826.It'ssuccessliespartlyinthehistoricalroleCoopergivestohisIndiancharacters,againstthegrainofaccumulatedracialhostility,andpartlyinhisevocationofthewildbeautifullandscapesofNorthAmericawhichtheFrenchandtheBritishfoughttocontrolthroughouttheeighteenthcentury.Atthecentreofthenovelisthecelebrated`Massacre'ofBritishtroopsandtheirfamiliesbyIndianalliesoftheFrenchatFortWilliamHenryin1757.Aroundthishistoricalevent,Cooperbuiltaromanticfictionofcaptivity,sexuality,andheroism,inwhichthedestinyoftheMohicansChingachgookandhissonUncasisinseparablefromthelivesofAliceandCoraMunroandofHawkeyethefrontierscout.Thecontrolled,elaboratewritinggivesnaturalpacetotheviolenceofthenovel'saction:likethenaturewhoseplunderingCopperlaments,thebooksplacidsurfacesconcealinexplicableanddeathlyforces.

【作者简介】

JamesFenimoreCooperwasthegreatprofessionalAmericanauthor.HewasbornonSeptenber15,1789,inBurlington,NewJersey,andgrewupinthefrontiervillageofCooperstown,NewYorrk,intheheartofthewildernesshewastoimmortalizeinhisfrontiernovels.Ahigh-spiritedyouth,hewasexpelledfromYalebecauseofaprankandwasfinallysignedbythenavybyhisstrong-willedfather.In1819atrflingincidentrepordatlyledtothewritingofhisfirstbook.ReadingaloudtohiswifefromapopulrEnglishnovel,heexclaimed,"Icouldwriteyouabetterbookmyself!"TheresultwasPrecausion(1820),whichfollowedin1821byhisfirstrealsuccess,TheSpy.

Cooperbecameaprolificwriter,creatingtwouniquegenresthatweretobecomestaplesinAmericanliterature–thesearomanceandthefrontieradventurestory.ThefirstofthefamousLeatherstockingtales,ThePioneers,appearedin1823andintroducedthewildernessscoutNattyBumppo.ThisdetailedportraitoffrontierlifehasbeencalledthefirsttrulyAmericannovel.InTheLastoftheMohicans(1826)NattyBumppobecomesthewell-lovedHawkeyebefriendedbythenobleIndianChingachgook;thenovelremainsafavoriteAmericanclassic.OtherLeatherstockingtaleswereThePrairie(1827),ThePathfinder(1840)influencedbothHermanMelvilleandJosephConradandledtotheuseoftheseanovelasvehicleforspiritualandmoralexplorations.Cooperalsowrotepoliticalsatire,romance,andthemeticulouslyresearchedHistoryoftheNavyoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica(1839).BythetimeofhisdeathonSeptember14,1851,hewasconsideredAmerica's"nationalnovelist."