Last of the Mohicans (Wordsworth Classics) 最后的莫希干人 9781853260490

IntroductionandNotesbyDavidBlair.UniversityofKentatCanterburyItis1757.Acrossnorth-easternAmericathearmiesofBritainandFrancestruggleforascendancy.Theirconflict,however,overlaysolderstrugglesbetweennationsofnativeAmericansforpossessionofthesamelandsandbetweenthenativepeoplesandwhitecolonisers.ThroughtheselayersofconflictCooperthreadsathrillingnarrative,inwhichCoraandAliceMunro,daughtersofaBritishcommanderonthefrontlineofthecolonialwar,attempttojointheirfather.ThwartedbyMagua,thesinister'Indianrunner',theyfindhelpinthepersonofHawk-eye,thewhitewoodsman,andhiscompanions,theMohicanChingachgookandUncas,hisson,thelastofhistribe.Cooper’snovelisfullofvividincident-pursuitsthroughwildterrain,skirmishes,treacheryandbrutality-butreflectsalsoontheinteractionbetweenthecolonistsandthenativepeoples.ThroughthecharacterofHawkeye,CooperraiseslastingquestionsaboutthepractisesoftheAmericanfrontierandtheeclipseoftheindigenouscultures.