Wyandotté (novel)
Wyandotté is a historical novel published by James Fenimore Cooper in 1843.[1] The novel is set in New York state during the American Revolution.[1] The main character of the novel is an Indian, "Saucy Nick", also called Wyandotté ("Great Chief"), whose depictions violate stereotypes of Native Americans.[2]
Critic James H. Pickering described the novel as rejecting the more established histories of the New York/Canada border war during the Revolution.[1] In part the novel represents Cooper's own knowledge of the regional oral history and affiliation with soldiers who had experienced the war.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]In his 1968 review of the novel, critic James H. Pickering called the novel one of "Cooper's more successful efforts".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Pickering, James H. (April 1968). "New York in the Revolution: Cooper's Wyandotté". New York History. XLIX (2): 121–141 – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
- ^ Abel, Darrel (2002-10-01). "James Fenimore Cooper". The Nascence of American Literature. iUniverse. pp. 350–395. ISBN 9780595250899.
Further reading
[edit]- Ringe, Donald A. (1962). James Fenimore Cooper. New Haven. pp. 101–105. ISBN 9780805701562.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - House, Kay Seymour (1965). Cooper's Americans. Ohio State University Press. pp. 49–56.
- Walker, Jeffrey (July 1986). George A. Test (ed.). "Fenimore Cooper's Wyandotté and the Cyclic Course of Empire". State University of New York College at Oneonta: 94–104 – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Williams, Jr., Kennedy (1978). George A. Test (ed.). "Cooper's Use of American History". State University of New York College at Oneonta and Cooperstown, New York: 15–25 – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Schramer, James J. (August 1995). ""A Bold Stroke against the Wilderness": Wyandotté and Cooper's Critique of the Jeffersonian Ideology of Domestic Production". James Fenimore Cooper Society Miscellaneous Papers (6). Baltimore – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
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