Cooper is considered the first American writer in the writing three types of novels, namely, historical romance—The Spy, sea adventure tale—The Pilot and frontier novel—Leatherstocking Tales.
请问:in the writing 的 the 是不是多余的?
同意你的看法,这个 the 是多余的;如果确实有这个定冠词,那就有可能是在 writing 后面漏了一个介词 of,即:
Cooper is considered the first American writer in writing three types of novels…
Cooper is considered the first American writer in the writing of three types of novels…