The Pioneers (novel)
The settlers or the sources of the Susquehanna ( engl.The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna ) is a 1823 social novel published by American author James Fenimore Cooper ( 1789-1851 ). The first German -language translation of the novel was published in 1824.
The settlers appeared as the first volume in the five-part Leatherstocking cycle to the main character of Natty Bumppo, who lives as hunters and trappers on the border of civilization. In chronological storyline of the series, the novel is the fourth band.
- 3.1 Texts
- 3.2 secondary literature
Content
The action takes place around the year 1793, on the western border of the State of New York. The main characters are the aged Leatherstocking ( Natty Bumppo ) and the Judge Marmaduke Temple, landowners and founder of the settlement Templeton.
The story begins with a dispute between Leatherstocking and the judge for the possession of a freshly killed deer. The following course of action, however, occur both, each in his own way, against the ruthless exploitation of nature by the settlers a.
The action comes to a head as Leatherstocking and his companion Chingachgook begin to compete for the loyalty of the young visitor Oliver Edwards Judge Temple and Leatherstocking against hunting laws contrary. Edwards eventually married Elisabeth, the daughter of the judge. When Chingachgook dies, Leatherstocking leave his hut on the shore of Otsego Lake and attracts further west in the freedom of the wilderness.
People
- Nathaniel ( Natty ) Bumppo, also known as the Leatherstocking Tales, aka Hawkeye.
- Judge Marmaduke Temple, founder of Templeton.
- Elizabeth Temple, daughter of the judge.
- Richard Jones, Sheriff and cousin of the judge.
- Hiram Doolittle, architect and magistrate.
- Monsieur Le Quoi, French immigrant and merchant in Templeton.
- Major Friedrich ( Fritz) Hartmann, German settlers and frequent visitor to the house of the judge.
- Reverend Grant, Anglican clergyman.
- Ben Pump ( Benjamin Penguillan ), servant of the judge.
- Remarkable Pettibone, housekeeper of the judge.
- Dr. Elnathan Todd, doctor.
- Chingachgook ( John Mohegan ), the " Last of the Mohicans " and Leatherstocking companion.
- Oliver Edwards, the young hunter and friend Leatherstocking and Chingachgooks.
- Mr. and Mrs. Hollinger, owner of the inn "The Bold Dragoon ".
- Billy Kirby, Lumberjack.
- Louisa Grant, Reverend Grant's daughter.
- Chester Lippet, unpopular lawyer.
- Dirck Van der School, the righteous lawyer the judge.
Shape and position in literary history
Cooper provides the reader with a detailed description of the fictional town of Templeton and the surrounding landscape. It describes the development and colonization of the wilderness and the development of a settlement to an urban settlement area.
The novel has parallels, between the person of the judge and the author's father, Judge William Cooper (1754-1809), and between the fictional village and founded by William Cooper in the 1780s small town Cooperstown, New York.
The changes in the rapidly developing country and the landscape around Lake Otsego, questions of environmental responsibility and the conservation and use of natural, be a central theme Coopers. " The settlers " is regarded as one of the first ecological novels of American literature.