tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post6719137117391870794..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Saturday Salon: A Favorite PaintingYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-88207897278308729892011-01-11T09:49:50.942-05:002011-01-11T09:49:50.942-05:00Well, I knew going in what has always been said ab...Well, I knew going in what has always been said about the book, but I must admit I truly did enjoy it. It's been ages since I read it, but I still have good feelings about it. I thought Cooper was trying to do something fine with the book. He foresaw the decline of a vast empire in the rise of a new one. <br /><br />Twain hated Jane Austen, so I have trouble taking his literary criticism to heart. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-55541381924454512852011-01-11T07:19:50.451-05:002011-01-11T07:19:50.451-05:00I have a colleague writing about The Last of the M...I have a colleague writing about The Last of the Mohicans who has convinced me that it is much more culturally sensitive than it is normally given credit for. She believes that Cooper is doing more than just recycling the noble savage and depraved savage myths.<br /><br />There are two wonderful essays about the book, both by famous writers in their own right. Mark Twain mocks the book, D. H. Lawrence idolizes it. The essays tell us more about Twain and Lawrence than they do about Cooper but they stimulate the mind.Robin Bateshttp://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.comnoreply@blogger.com