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Show 54 Thus May not of only Cooper, but speaks with familiarity mentions any mention of him, while avoiding other German writers 'with whom we are GerstMcker, M81lhausen.and certain he his present library c011ection contains present· for . literary fie Ld ayls are hich May May's reading to a Coepe r firm' impression But on. learn and to augment with his. was. to . the romantic German mind us consider Cooper and May. a a·view which was own to image-of been formulated it Cooper's Leather- the German mind that image an romanticized and appeal even more than that of Cooper. few of the· similarities 'which exist between We' must be s Low to - claim". except in obvious tht May·took his· West directly from Cooper; rather German own although , - Let _ of frontier' became the German image of the frontier, Germanized view of the West, to in his the American West, which had, to a it was cases, from,the great degree, through Cooper's wide-spread influence. Sholars recognize May's indirect indebtedness to Coope. Dworczak says: original invention of Karl May. earlier, James Fenimore Cooper created Winnetou is not fifty to said with cept a Int.y that these' similarities Stocking Tales had made such . important figure· an did read the American's works. certain he Cooper's. Cooper is weak evidence works' reveal many similarities'with the 'works of directly attribut.able seems such That , I t cannot be Cooper. of May's ignQrance no familiar. was the years Ch Lng achgook 'prototype : of an "the last Mohican,' ' a similar and !bout in idealized Indian, Cooper calls· his Leather S't.ock Lng Tales. an "historic drama in. five acts,' and means therewith the beginning of the-end of the red race through the constant push of the white man.7 an •••• |
