TY  - GEN
T1  - The bravo : a Venetian story
T2  - The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper Series.
A1  - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
A2  - Schachterle, Lance
A2  - Sappenfield, James A., 1940-
LA  - English
PP  - Albany
PB  - SUNY Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1385451898
AB  - The Bravo (1831) takes place in early eighteenth-century Venice, when the 'Serene Republic' had lost much of its glory, leaving its oligarchs struggling to hold on to their family wealth by manipulating the government and people through secret councils and a figure-head doge. In 1844, Cooper called it 'in spirit, the most American book I ever wrote' because of its depiction of the masses duped by demagoguery and the attempts of Congress to rein in President Jackson, who Cooper saw as representing the popular will. In the novel, the low-born hero, Jacopo Frontoni, is forced to become an agent of the state because his unjustly imprisoned father languishes in the infamous state prison. On the last page, Jacopo is executed as a scapegoat for the crimes attributed to him of which he is innocent, rendering his beloved insane. Only in a subplot does a noble couple escape Venice to enjoy marriage. The present text is based on all extant manuscript witnesses (including a lengthy deleted section) and offers extensive explanatory notes.
OP  - 550
NO  - Description based upon print version of record.
CN  - PS1405 .B7 2023
SN  - 9781438494982
SN  - 143849498X
SN  - 9781438494968
SN  - 1438494963
SN  - 9781438494975
KW  - Venice (Italy) : Fiction.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
KW  - FICTION / Classics
KW  - Italy : Venice
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Novels
KW  - Novels.
KW  - Romans.
ER  -