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James Fenimore Cooper (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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Although James Fenimore Cooper was primarily a novelist, he also tried his hand at short stories, biographies, and a play. Among these works, only the biographies are considered significant. He also wrote accounts of his European travels, history, and essays on politics and society. Among his political writings, The American Democrat (1838) retains its appeal as an analysis of contemporary political and social issues and as an expression of Cooper’s mature political and social thought. His The History of the Navy of the United States of...
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