James Fenimore Cooper and the Development of American Sea Fiction

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Chapter I. Dread Neptune's Wild Unsocial Sea. The Sea In American Literature Before 1820 -- Chapter Ii. The Tempestuous Ocean For A World. Cooper's Early Nautical Romances -- Chapter Iii. The Dangers Of The Deep. The Work Of Cooper's Contemporaries, 1820-1835 -- Chapter Iv. The Light And The Dark Together. The Sea Novels Of Cooper's Middle Period -- Chapter V. An Ocean Unapproachable And Unknown. The Work Of Cooper's Contemporaries, 1835-1850 -- Chapter Vi. The Voyage Of Life. Cooper's Last Sea Fiction -- Chapter Vii. A Literary Leviathan. Epilogue -- Works Cited. Notes. Index -- Works Cited -- Notes -- Index Thomas Philbrick. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.