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100 1 _aTwain, Mark,
_d1835-1910
245 1 0 _aFenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenimore_Cooper%27s_Literary_Offenses
500 _aRelease date is 2004-09-16
508 _aProduced by David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAmerican literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
653 _aNational characteristics, American, in literature
653 _aLiterature and society -- United States
653 _aUnited States -- Civilization
653 _aCriticism -- United States
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3172
999 _c45244
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