Divine "gifts" to whites and Indians
European v. Indian rules of warfare
Race v. civilization in determining character
Hawkeye as the moral ceyter of the work
Alice v. Cora: blonde v. brunette types
Mohicans as inversion of British historical novel
Cooper as Indian lover/hater?
The sad and happy endings
Cycles of civilization: Indians as primitive whites
The Noble Savage in the Englightenment and Romanticism
Social class vs technology as wilderness authority
Research topics
Cooper as social critic
Cooper's wilderness myth
Mark Twain's ridicule
Cooper's use of Indian sources
D. H. LAwrence's appreciation of Cooper's symbolism
Cooper: best for descriuptions, characters, or myths?