James Fenimore Cooper and the growth of American Literature
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epic romance to carry its mythic hero - Natty Bumppo - from youth to old age (Reuben 3). With these in mind, it is impossible for one to declare that James Fenimore Cooper's works had no literary value. It is because they did, his works are the among the enduring legacies of American romanticism. James Fenimore Cooper was an author, more importantly a romantic, whose tales have become bedtime stories, whose influence is still felt today.
epic romance to carry its mythic hero - Natty Bumppo - from youth to old age (Reuben 3). With these in mind, it is impossible for one to declare that James Fenimore Cooper's works had no literary value. It is because they did, his works are the among the enduring legacies of American romanticism. James Fenimore Cooper was an author, more importantly a romantic, whose tales have become bedtime stories, whose influence is still felt today.