Lexington Books
Pages: 120
Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-7391-0581-8 • Hardback • August 2003 • $96.00 • (£74.00)
Russell Newman is Assistant Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Chapter 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
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.
— 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