Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)

By Twain, Mark

Book Id: WPLBN0002952157
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File Size: 16.04 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)
Author:	Twain, Mark
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Essay/Short nonfiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2)
Historic Publication Date:	1895
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


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This is Mark Twain's vicious and amusing review of Fenimore Cooper's literary art. It is still read widely in academic circles. Twain's essay, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses (often spelled Offences) (1895), particularly criticized The Deerslayer and The Pathfinder. Twain wrote at the beginning of the essay: 'In one place in Deerslayer, and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.' Twain listed 19 rules 'governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction', 18 of which Cooper violates in The Deerslayer. (Introduction by Wikipedia and John Greenman)

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Essay/Short nonfiction