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Overview"France (1837) was the third volume published in Cooper's Gleanings in Europe series, but first in the chronology of his European experience. Less sequential than his other travel narratives, France distills his impressions of French and European culture during his first two years abroad. Exhibiting many qualities of the familiar essay, it considers a wide range of topics of interest to Cooper, his friends, and potential readers in the United States. As a celebrity thoroughly at home in the brilliant society of Bourbon Paris, Cooper was able to provide fascinating glimpses of personalities, spectacles, institutions, and manners-from his distinctly American perspective. Indeed, as Professor Philbrick remarks, ""No other of Cooper's works, perhaps, brings us closer to his speaking voice or puts us more directly in contact with the man himself, with all his idiosyncratic preoccupations, his quick resentments, his restless curiosity, his surprising humor, and his nobility of principle."" The reader of this edition is brought even closer to Cooper in the draft of a hitherto unpublished letter, probably intended for this book, which illustrates Cooper's grasp of the still finer points of French customs and attitudes." Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Fenimore Cooper , Thomas Philbrick , Thomas Philbrick , Constance Ayers DennePublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.708kg ISBN: 9780873953689ISBN 10: 0873953681 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 30 June 1983 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Illustrations Historical Introduction Preface Gleanings in Europe: France Explanatory Notes Appendix A. Bentley's analytical Table of Contents Appendix B. Cooper's manuscript letter on France Textual Commentary Textual Notes Emendations Word-Division IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |