Washington Irving was America's first great writer of short stories, while James Fenimore Cooper was America's first great novelist. As we survey their works, we'll answer the following questions:

  1. What role does nature play in Washington Irving's stories?
  2. How is Cooper's treatment of different cultures deeply influenced by the Romantic era?
  3. Why does Cooper critique progress in The Last of the Mohicans? 

Recommended Reading: Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. 1819.
Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans. New York: Barnes and Noble Classics, 2004. 

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