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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 6: fiction I — Brown, Cooper. (search)
of New York and went up and down the state suing those that had libelled him. He won most of the suits, but though he silenced his opponents he had put his fame into the hands of persons who, unable to abuse, could at least neglect him. His solid History of the Navy of the United States of America (1839) turned his attention once more to naval affairs, with which he busied himself during much of his remaining career. He wrote Lives of distinguished American naval officers （1842-5), and Ned Myers （1843), the life of a common sailor who had been with him on the Sterling. The History led to a furious legal battle, but generally Cooper left his quarrels behind him when he went upon the sea. As a cosmopolitan, he seemed to feel freer out of sight of land, on the public highway of the nations. His novels of this period, however, are uneven in merit. The two Admirals （1842) contains one of his best naval battles; Wing-and-Wing (1842) ranks high among his sea tales, richly romantic and <
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
Murray, John, 249, 252, 255, 321 Murray, Mrs., Judith, 233 Murray, Lindley, 292 Muscle Seatoniance, 263 n. Musings (Dana), 240 Mystery of flowers, the, 267 n. N Nadowessiers Todtenlied, 212 Napoleon, 170, 185, 211 Narrative of surprising Conversions, 61 Narrative of the troubles with the Indians of New England, 25 Nathan Hale, 167 Nation, the, 216 n., 262 n., 289 n. Nativity, 265 Nature, 328, 334, 346, 352, 358 Neal, John, 208, 292, 307, 308, 309-310 Ned Myers, 302 Neidig, W. J., 216 n. Neighbour, 233 Neill, Rev. Edward D., 18 n. Nelson, Admiral, 246 New American magazine, the, 123 New England Courant, the, 93, 94, 112-113 New England magazine, the, 215 n. New England magazine of knowledge and pleasure, the, 122 New England weekly journal, the, 113-114 New England's crisis, 152 New England's memorial, 20, 23, 27 New England's prospect, 151 New Englands Trials, 16 New-Englands true interests; not to li