TY  - BOOK
AU  - Twain,Mark
TI  - Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
KW  - National characteristics, American, in literature
KW  - Literature and society -- United States
KW  - United States -- Civilization
KW  - Criticism -- United States
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenimore_Cooper%27s_Literary_Offenses; Release date is 2004-09-16; Produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" by Mark Twain is an essay published in July 1895. Written as biting satire, it ruthlessly attacks the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, particularly his Leatherstocking Tales. Twain lists eighteen literary rules he claims Cooper violates, pointing to specific examples of bloated prose and careless craft. The essay showcases Twain's signature derisive humor while declaring Romantic literature dead in post-Civil War America. Critics remain divided—some call it hilarious, others argue Twain deliberately misread Cooper's work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3172
ER  -