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Literary Minstrelsy, 1770–1830The ‘Minstrel of the Western Continent’: The Last of the Mohicans and Transatlantic Minstrelsy before Blackface

Literary Minstrelsy, 1770–1830: The ‘Minstrel of the Western Continent’: The Last of the Mohicans... [In The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper writes the following about David Gamut, the Connecticut Puritan who accompanies the protagonists of the Leatherstocking Tales in this novel: He was, in truth, a minstrel of the western continent — of a much later day, certainly, than those gifted bards, who formerly sang the profane renown of baron and prince, but after the spirit of his own age and country; and he was now prepared to exercise the cunning of his craft, in celebration of, or rather in thanksgiving for, the recent victory. (133–4) ] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Literary Minstrelsy, 1770–1830The ‘Minstrel of the Western Continent’: The Last of the Mohicans and Transatlantic Minstrelsy before Blackface

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
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978-1-349-29923-2
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134 –157
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10.1057/9780230593985_6
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[In The Last of the Mohicans (1826), James Fenimore Cooper writes the following about David Gamut, the Connecticut Puritan who accompanies the protagonists of the Leatherstocking Tales in this novel: He was, in truth, a minstrel of the western continent — of a much later day, certainly, than those gifted bards, who formerly sang the profane renown of baron and prince, but after the spirit of his own age and country; and he was now prepared to exercise the cunning of his craft, in celebration of, or rather in thanksgiving for, the recent victory. (133–4) ]

Published: Oct 21, 2015

Keywords: Early Nineteenth Century; Title Page; Woman Writer; African Slave; Native American Woman

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