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词条 The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons
释义

  1. Themes

  2. Critical reception

  3. References

  4. External links

{{italic title}}The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons is an 1833 novel by James Fenimore Cooper set in Switzerland.[1] The novel was inspired by one of Cooper's trips during his European travels in 1832.[2] The novel is one of three of Cooper's "European" novels, following The Bravo and The Heidenmauer, all of which use the European setting to deal with socio-political contrast with American institutions.[3]

Themes

The novel explores a number of themes related to how society structures itself, including justice, authority, friendship, parental relationships, love and marriage.[4][5]

Critical reception

The novel is typically described for its socio-political commentary, but critics have argued the importance of treating the novel as part of Cooper's deliberate artistry.[4][6] Constance Ayers Denne describes this artistry as largely reflected in the novel's powerful structure and successful thematic treatment.[4] Many critics who have read the novel for socio-political themes, were unsatisfied with its ending.[4] Critic Thomas Palfrey argues that the novel has structural and thematic similarities to Balzac's works, such as Jesus Christ in Flanders.[7]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/bibliography/works.html|title=Checklist of Cooper's Works|website=external.oneonta.edu|access-date=2016-03-08}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/susan/susan-headsman.html|title=Introduction to The Headsman|last=Cooper|first=Susan Fenimore|year=1861|website=external.oneonta.edu|orig-year=|access-date=2016-03-08}}
3. ^{{Cite journal|last=MacDougall|first=Hugh|date=2013|title=Cooper's The Headsman: What Have Swiss Executioners Got to Do with African-Americans?|url=http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/articles/suny/2013suny-macdougall.html|journal=James Fenimore Cooper: His Country and His Art, Papers from the 2013 Cooper Conference and Seminar|pages=29–35|doi=|pmid=|access-date=}}
4. ^{{Cite journal|last=Denne|first=Constance Ayers|date=1974-01-01|title=Cooper's Artistry in The Headsman|jstor=2933407|journal=Nineteenth-Century Fiction|volume=29|issue=1|pages=77–92|doi=10.2307/2933407}}
5. ^{{Cite journal|last=Pudaloff|first=Ross J.|date=1983-01-01|title=Cooper's Genres and American Problems|jstor=2872924|journal=ELH|volume=50|issue=4|pages=711–727|doi=10.2307/2872924}}
6. ^{{Cite journal|last=Denne|first=Constance Ayers|date=July 1980|title=Cooper's Use of Setting in the European Trilogy|url=http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/articles/suny/1980suny-denne2.html|journal=3rd Annual Cooper Seminar|pages=52–70|doi=|pmid=|access-date=}}
7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Palfrey|first=Thomas R.|date=1932-01-01|title=Cooper and Balzac: "The Headsman"|jstor=433617|journal=Modern Philology|volume=29|issue=3|pages=335–341}}

External links

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3 : Novels by James Fenimore Cooper|1833 American novels|Novels set in Switzerland

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