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• catalog abstract "There are few people for whom the phrase "last of the Mohicans" does not conjure up memories and associations - childhood games, films, TV programs. Yet most who profess acquaintance with Cooper's title actually have never read his book. The characters - Hawkeye and his Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas - owe more to the media than to Cooper's text for their popularity. But they have become familiar icons identified with the colonizing of the northeastern frontier and with the creation of "America." This ground-breaking and entertaining study focuses on the making and the remaking of media versions of Cooper's popular book. It shows that each new rendering extends to its audience a dynamic image of the American myth. Yet along with the appeal of frontier adventure these media adaptations bear the weight of powerful meanings. Each new version addresses these meanings differently and raises questions about wilderness and frontier, about western expansion, about the relationships between men and women, about the association of whites with "Indians." Why does this book that everyone knows but that few have read continue to be perennially attractive for the media? In answer to this question, this study throws a new light on the idea of frontier and on the meaning of the American Dream.".
• catalog contributor b9485386.
• catalog contributor b9485387.
• catalog coverage "United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Literature and the war.".
• catalog coverage "United States History French and Indian War, 1755-1763 Literature and the war.".
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "But they have become familiar icons identified with the colonizing of the northeastern frontier and with the creation of "America." This ground-breaking and entertaining study focuses on the making and the remaking of media versions of Cooper's popular book. It shows that each new rendering extends to its audience a dynamic image of the American myth.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index.".
• catalog description "The Mohican myth and the American dream -- Cooper's book -- Becoming a classic -- Movie Mohicans, 1909-1936 -- Movie Mohicans, 1947-1992 -- The television and cartoon versions -- Comic books: The Hidden tradition -- In the matter of the Mohicans.".
• catalog description "There are few people for whom the phrase "last of the Mohicans" does not conjure up memories and associations - childhood games, films, TV programs. Yet most who profess acquaintance with Cooper's title actually have never read his book. The characters - Hawkeye and his Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas - owe more to the media than to Cooper's text for their popularity.".
• catalog description "Why does this book that everyone knows but that few have read continue to be perennially attractive for the media? In answer to this question, this study throws a new light on the idea of frontier and on the meaning of the American Dream.".
• catalog description "Yet along with the appeal of frontier adventure these media adaptations bear the weight of powerful meanings. Each new version addresses these meanings differently and raises questions about wilderness and frontier, about western expansion, about the relationships between men and women, about the association of whites with "Indians."".
• catalog extent "x, 248 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0878058583 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0878058591 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)".
• catalog isPartOf "[Studies in popular culture]".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
• catalog spatial "United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Literature and the war.".
• catalog spatial "United States History French and Indian War, 1755-1763 Literature and the war.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "813/.2 20".
• catalog subject "Canon (Literature)".
• catalog subject "Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Appreciation United States.".
• catalog subject "Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Film adaptations.".
• catalog subject "Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Film and video adaptations.".
• catalog subject "Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Last of the Mohicans.".
• catalog subject "Film adaptations History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Historical fiction, American History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Literature and society United States History.".
• catalog subject "Mohegan Indians in literature.".
• catalog subject "Myth in literature.".
• catalog subject "PS1408 .B37 1995".
• catalog subject "Popular culture United States History.".
• catalog subject "Social values in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Mohican myth and the American dream -- Cooper's book -- Becoming a classic -- Movie Mohicans, 1909-1936 -- Movie Mohicans, 1947-1992 -- The television and cartoon versions -- Comic books: The Hidden tradition -- In the matter of the Mohicans.".
• catalog title "The lasting of the Mohicans : history of an American myth / Martin Barker and Roger Sabin.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "Film adaptations. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".