| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: grand, ungodly, godlike men -- Te Aara's scars -- Cooper's death song -- Te Pehi Kupe's Moko -- Melville's furious life -- Index |
| Summary |
Through careful historical research, Geoffrey Sanborn reveals how both James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville relied heavily on contemporary accounts of the indigenous natives of New Zealand, the Maori, to develop the iconic characters they created in The Last of the Mohicans and Moby-Dick |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Last of the Mohicans -- Sources
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Characters -- Magua
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Knowledge -- New Zealand
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick -- Sources
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Characters -- Queequeg
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- New Zealand
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| SUBJECT |
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 fast |
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 fast |
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Last of the Mohicans (Cooper, James Fenimore) fast |
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Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) fast |
| Subject |
Māori (New Zealand people) in literature
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- AMERICAN -- GENERAL.
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Māori (New Zealand people) in literature
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Tuhinga kōrero.
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Rangatiratanga.
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Ariki.
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Mana.
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Tapu.
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New Zealand
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| Genre/Form |
Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199837946 |
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0199837945 |
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9780199894819 |
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0199894817 |
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