“The guardian of the law” : authority and identity in James Fenimore Cooper

“The guardian of the law” : authority and identity in James Fenimore Cooper

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Edition Details

• Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Charles Hansford Adams
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Pennsylvania
• Publication Information: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1990
• Material: Internet resource
• Type: Book, Internet Resource
• Permalink: http://books.lawi.org.uk/the-guardian-of-the-law-authority-and-identity-in-james-fenimore-cooper/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Online version: Adams, Charles Hansford, 1954- Guardian of the law”. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1990 (OCoLC)645747105

Short Description

VIII, 151 pages ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

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Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Responsable Person: Charles Hansford Adams.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Copyright Date: 1990
• Location: University Park
• Country/State: Pennsylvania
• Number of Editions: 8 editions
• First edition Date: 1985
• Last edition Date: 1990
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: KD606
• Dewey Code: 813.2
• ISBN: 0271007087 9780271007083
• OCLC: 21117698

Main Contents

“A parental affection”: law and identity in Cooper's America
A lawful rebellion: The spy (1821) and Lionel Lincoln (1825)
“Thou thyself shall be the judge”: The pioneers (1823)
The law of the sea: The red rover (1827) and The two admirals (1842)
The final appeal: The European fiction and the Littlepage Trilogy
Coda: The ways of the hour (1850).

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Authority in literature
• Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
• Identity (Psychology) in literature
• Law in literature

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Authority in literature
• Identity (Psychology) in literature
• Law in literature

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