James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
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James Fenimore Cooper, acclaimed as one of the first American novelists, was born in Burlington, N.J., on September 15, 1789. When he was one year old, his family moved to Cooperstown, N.Y., which was founded by his father. Cooper attended various grammar schools in Burlington, Cooperstown, and mehr anzeigen Albany, and entered Yale University in 1803 at the age of 13. In 1806, Cooper was expelled from Yale for pushing a rag with gunpowder under a classmate's door, causing it to explode. He then spent some time as a merchant seaman and served as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy from 1808-1811. In 1811, Cooper married Susan De Lancey, and lived the life of a country gentleman until one day in 1820. Cooper and his wife were reading a book together. When Cooper told Susan that he could write a better book than the one they were reading, she challenged him to do so. Thus began his career as an author, with Precaution (first published anonymously). Cooper is known for writing more than 50 works under his own name, Jane Morgan, and Anonymous. His works included fiction, nonfiction, history, and travel sketches. He gained insight for his travel works while the Cooper family lived in Europe from 1826 to 1833. Cooper is best known for the novel The Last of The Mohicans, which has been made into several motion picture adaptations, the most recent starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye. The Last of the Mohicans is part of The Leatherstocking Tales, which includes the other novels, The Pioneers, The Deerslayer, and The Pathfinder. Hawkeye, whose given name is Nathaniel Bumpo, is a recurring character in the series which accurately chronicles early American pioneering life and events during the French and Indian War. In 1851, Cooper developed a liver condition, dying on September 14th of that year, just one day before his 62nd birthday. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Andere Namen
- Cooper, James F.
- Geburtstag
- 1789-09-15
- Todestag
- 1851-09-14
- Begräbnisort
- Episcopal Church-yard, Cooperstown, New York, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Burlington, New Jersey, USA
- Sterbeort
- Cooperstown, New Jersey, USA
- Wohnorte
- Ostego Hall, Cooperstown, New York, USA
Cooperstown, New York, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Westchester County, New York, USA
Scarsdale, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA (Zeige alle 7)
Lyon, Frankreich - Ausbildung
- Albany Academy for Boys
Yale University (damals: Yale College)
Privatunterricht, Rev. J. Ellison, English rector, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany - Berufe
- Schriftsteller
Seemann
Konsul - Beziehungen
- Cooper, Paul Fenimore (Grosskind)
Woolson, Constance Fenimore (Nichte)
Lafayette, Marquis de (Freund)
Morse, Samuel (Freund)
Cooper, William (Vater) - Organisationen
- United States Navy
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- The Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1910)
- Kurzbiographie
- James Fenimore Cooper (15.9.1789 – 14.9.1851) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. His historical romances depicting frontier and Native American life from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.
After a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, where he learned the technology of managing sailing vessels which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about espionage set during the American Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also created American sea stories. His best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period, written between 1823 and 1841, known as the Leatherstocking Tales, which introduced the iconic American frontier scout, Natty Bumppo. Cooper's works on the U.S. Navy have been well received among naval historians, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece. Throughout his career, he published numerous social, political, and historical works of fiction and non-fiction with the objective of countering European prejudices and nurturing an original American art and culture.
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The Pioneers (1823) erschien als der erste Band der Lederstrumpf-Serie, die weltberühmt werden sollte. Im Verlauf von fast 20 Jahren folgten dann The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840), The Deerslayer (1841). In den Romanen wird, wenn auch nicht in chronologischer Folge, der Lebensweg des Waldläufers Natty Bumppo, genannt „Lederstrumpf“, nachgezeichnet.
Die Romanfolge ist literaturgeschichtlich aus mehreren Gründen bemerkenswert. Der ausgedehnte amerikanische Kontinent wird zum ersten Mal in der US-amerikanischen Literatur als Handlungshintergrund in größerem Stil verwendet. Auch das Bemühen J. F. Coopers, die Indianer auf eine ausgewogene und realistische Art und Weise darzustellen, war in seiner Zeit durchaus nicht üblich. Kritiker bemängeln allerdings auch, dass es Cooper in vielen Fällen nicht gelang (unklar ist, ob er es bewusst vermied), die Dialoge seiner Helden mit einer realitätsnahen Syntax auszustatten. Gelegentlich wird auch kritisiert, dass seine Frauengestalten weit ab vom wirklichen Leben, praktisch wie in die Romanhandlung eingepflanzt, wirken.
Vor allem klingen in den Lederstrumpf-Romanen bereits alle Leitmotive des Western-Genres an: einerseits das nach Freiheit strebende Individuum, das nur auf die eigenen Kräfte baut, neue Wege in die unentdeckte Wildnis sucht und dabei im Einklang mit der Natur lebt. Andererseits bahnen diese Einzelgänger mit ihrem Vordringen genau jener Zivilisation mit ihren Regeln und Gesetzen den Weg, der sie sich entziehen wollen. Immer wieder geht es auch um die Frage, wem das Land gehört – den Indianern, die keinen Landbesitz kennen, oder den Siedlern, die es urbar machen.(wikipedia)… (mehr)