Whipscars and tattoos [electronic resource] : The last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori / Geoffrey Sanborn.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:- 9780199894819 (ebook) :
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Last of the Mohicans -- Sources
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Characters -- Magua
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Knowledge -- New Zealand
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick -- Sources
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Characters -- Queequeg
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- New Zealand
- Maori (New Zealand people) in literature
- 813.2 22
- PS1408
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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