The Heidenmauer

The Heidenmauer
First edition title page
AuthorJames Fenimore Cooper
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Publication date
1832
Publication placeUnited States

The Heidenmauer; or, The Benedictines – A Story of the Rhine is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in 1832. The novel is a socio-political novel set in 16th-century Germany that focuses on the competition between various socio-political classes and the tension caused by the Reformation. The Heidenmauer is Cooper's second novel in what one critic would call his European Trilogy, following The Bravo and preceding The Headsman.[1] Like the other novels set in Europe, The Heidenmauer is intent on showing the darker side of European institutions in favor of an American perspective.[2]

  1. ^ Collins, Frank M. (Mar 1966). "Cooper and the American Dream". PMLA. 81 (1). Modern Language Association: 79–94. doi:10.2307/461311. JSTOR 461311.
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