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'''''The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers''''' is an 1849 [[sea novel]] by [[James Fenimore Cooper]]. The plot revolves around two [[Seal hunting|sealers]] stranded in the [[Antarctic ice sheet|Antarctic ice]].<ref name = MacDougall>{{cite conference | title = James Fenimore Cooper and the Sea| first = Hugh C.| last = MacDougall|via = James Fenimore Cooper Society| conference = Naval Enlisted Reserve Association| location = Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown, New York| date = April 26, 1997| url =http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/articles/informal/hugh-sea.html}}</ref> The novel was first published in two volumes, by [[Stringer & Townsend]].<ref name =Mellville/> Critic W.B. Gates described the novel as taking inspiration from [[Charles Wilkes]]'s ''Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition of the Years 1838-1842''.<ref name= Gates>{{cite journal | title = Cooper's the Sea Lions and Wilkes' Narrative| first =W. B. | last = Gates| journal =PMLA| volume = 65| number = 6 | date = December 1950| pages =1069–1075| publisher = Modern Language Association| doi = 10.2307/459720| jstor = 459720}}</ref>
'''''The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers''''' is an 1849 [[sea novel]] by [[James Fenimore Cooper]]. The plot revolves around two [[Seal hunting|sealers]] stranded in the [[Antarctic ice sheet|Antarctic ice]].<ref name = MacDougall>{{cite conference | title = James Fenimore Cooper and the Sea| first = Hugh C.| last = MacDougall|via = James Fenimore Cooper Society| conference = Naval Enlisted Reserve Association| location = Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown, New York| date = April 26, 1997| url =http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/articles/informal/hugh-sea.html}}</ref> The novel was first published in two volumes, by [[Stringer & Townsend]].<ref name =Mellville/> Critic W.B. Gates described the novel as taking inspiration from [[Charles Wilkes]]'s ''Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition of the Years 1838-1842''.<ref name= Gates>{{cite journal | title = Cooper's the Sea Lions and Wilkes' Narrative| first =W. B. | last = Gates| journal =PMLA| volume = 65| number = 6 | date = December 1950| pages =1069–1075| publisher = Modern Language Association| doi = 10.2307/459720| jstor = 459720}}</ref>


[[Herman Melville]] reviewed the novel in 1849 for the magazine ''[[The Literary World (New York City)|The Literary World]]''.<ref name = Mellville>{{cite journal| journal =The Literary World | volume = 4 | date = April 28, 1849| page = 370| url = http://melvilliana.blogspot.com/2014/09/herman-melvilles-review-of-sea-lions-by.html| first = Herman | last = Melville| via = Melvilliana| title = Cooper's New Novel}}</ref> Melville's praise for the novel focuses on the action and adventure of the novel, saying, "Upon the whole, we warmly recommend the [[Sea lion|Sea Lions]]; and even those who more for fashion’s sake than anything else, have of late joined in decrying our national novelist, will in this last work, perhaps, recognise one of his happiest."<ref name = Mellville/>
[[Herman Melville]] reviewed the novel in 1849 for the magazine ''[[The Literary World (New York City)|The Literary World]]''.<ref name = Mellville>{{cite journal| journal =The Literary World | volume = 4 | date = April 28, 1849| page = 370| url = http://melvilliana.blogspot.com/2014/09/herman-melvilles-review-of-sea-lions-by.html| first = Herman | last = Melville| via = Melvilliana| title = Cooper's New Novel}}</ref> Melville's praise for the novel focuses on the action and adventure of the novel, saying, "Upon the whole, we warmly recommend the Sea Lions; and even those who more for fashion’s sake than anything else, have of late joined in decrying our national novelist, will in this last work, perhaps, recognise one of his happiest."<ref name = Mellville/>
[[File:Fragment of The Sea Lions Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper.jpg|thumb|Fragment of ''The Sea Lions'' manuscript (1848)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1849 |title=Fragment of Cooper's manuscript,The Sea Lions |url=https://americanantiquarian.org/JFCooper/items/show/389 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=americanantiquarian.org}}</ref>]]
[[File:Fragment of The Sea Lions Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper.jpg|thumb|Fragment of ''The Sea Lions'' manuscript (1848)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1849 |title=Fragment of Cooper's manuscript,The Sea Lions |url=https://americanantiquarian.org/JFCooper/items/show/389 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=americanantiquarian.org}}</ref>]]


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The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers
Title page of 1856 edition
AuthorJames Fenimore Cooper
Genresea novel
PublisherStringer & Townsend (in two volumes)
Publication date
1849

The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers is an 1849 sea novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The plot revolves around two sealers stranded in the Antarctic ice.[1] The novel was first published in two volumes, by Stringer & Townsend.[2] Critic W.B. Gates described the novel as taking inspiration from Charles Wilkes's Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition of the Years 1838-1842.[3]

Herman Melville reviewed the novel in 1849 for the magazine The Literary World.[2] Melville's praise for the novel focuses on the action and adventure of the novel, saying, "Upon the whole, we warmly recommend the Sea Lions; and even those who more for fashion’s sake than anything else, have of late joined in decrying our national novelist, will in this last work, perhaps, recognise one of his happiest."[2]

Fragment of The Sea Lions manuscript (1848)[4]

References

  1. ^ MacDougall, Hugh C. (April 26, 1997). James Fenimore Cooper and the Sea. Naval Enlisted Reserve Association. Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown, New York – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
  2. ^ a b c Melville, Herman (April 28, 1849). "Cooper's New Novel". The Literary World. 4: 370 – via Melvilliana.
  3. ^ Gates, W. B. (December 1950). "Cooper's the Sea Lions and Wilkes' Narrative". PMLA. 65 (6). Modern Language Association: 1069–1075. doi:10.2307/459720. JSTOR 459720.
  4. ^ "Fragment of Cooper's manuscript,The Sea Lions". americanantiquarian.org. 1849. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
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