"The Tragic Story of Wish-ton-Wish"

Japanese: 《ウィッシュ・トン・ウィッシュの悲話》 - うぃっしゅとんうぃっしゅのひわ
"The Tragic Story of Wish-ton-Wish"

…His second novel, The Spies (1821), made him famous as a writer. He found the subject of art in General Washington and his spies during the Revolutionary War, which was the subject of interest and challenge for American writers shortly after independence. He then wrote Lionel Lincoln (1825), The Tragic Story of Wish-ton-Wish (1829), and Wyandte (1843), which dealt with similar subjects and the American history of 17th-century colonists and Indians, paving the way for a new national literature. He also used the forests and lakes of New York State, where he spent his childhood, and the lives of sailors and naval officers, where he spent his youth, as subjects in The Pilot (1823), Two Admirals (1842), and others. …

*Some of the terminology used in "The Tragic Tale of Wish 't Wish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…作家として有名となったのは第2作の《スパイ》(1821)によってで,独立後まのないアメリカの作家たちの関心事であり,かつ課題であった〈芸術の素材〉を,独立革命時のワシントン将軍とそのスパイに見いだした。その後同様の素材および17世紀の植民者とインディアンというアメリカの〈歴史〉を扱った《ライオネル・リンカン》(1825),《ウィッシュ・トン・ウィッシュの悲話》(1829),《ウィアンドテ》(1843)などを書いて新しい国の文学への道を開いた。また子どものときに過ごしたニューヨーク州の大森林と湖,青年期を過ごした水夫および海軍士官の生活を,《水先案内》(1823),《二人の提督》(1842)その他で題材とした。…

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