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The myth of the '''noble savage''' dates from the 1700s. The idea was that primitive natives, unspoiled by the vices of (typically [[European]]) settlers, were "better" than civilized men. | The myth of the '''noble savage''' dates from the 1700s. The idea was that primitive natives, unspoiled by the vices of (typically [[European]]) settlers, were "better" than civilized men. | ||
| − | "Pity for the vanishing [[Native American|Indian]], together with a sense of remorse, led to a revival of the 18th-century concept of the noble savage. America's native inhabitants were romanticized in historiography, art, and literature, notably by | + | "Pity for the vanishing [[Native American|Indian]], together with a sense of remorse, led to a revival of the 18th-century concept of the noble savage. America's native inhabitants were romanticized in historiography, art, and literature, notably by James Fenimore Cooper in his Leatherstocking Tales and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his long poem, The Song of Hiawatha." <ref>http://hnn.us/articles/7302.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:46, March 6, 2011
The myth of the noble savage dates from the 1700s. The idea was that primitive natives, unspoiled by the vices of (typically European) settlers, were "better" than civilized men. "Pity for the vanishing Indian, together with a sense of remorse, led to a revival of the 18th-century concept of the noble savage. America's native inhabitants were romanticized in historiography, art, and literature, notably by James Fenimore Cooper in his Leatherstocking Tales and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his long poem, The Song of Hiawatha." [1]