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Autore |
Wonham Henry B. <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Playing the races [[electronic resource] ] : ethnic caricature and American literary realism / / Henry B. Wonham |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-803664-7 |
9786610532773 |
1-280-53277-7 |
1-60256-947-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Race in literature |
Caricatures and cartoons - United States - History - 19th century |
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature |
Ethnicity in literature |
Realism in literature |
United States Ethnic relations History 19th century |
United States Race relations History 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-192) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: the age of caricature, the age of realism -- William Dean Howells and the touch of exaggeration which typifies -- "I want a real coon": Twain and ethnic caricature -- A Jamesian art to be cultivated -- Edith Wharton's flamboyant copy -- The "curious realism" of Charles Chesnutt. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why did so many of the writers who aligned themselves with the social and aesthetic aims of late 19th-century American literary realism rely on stock conventions of ethnic caricature in their treatment of immigrant African-American figures? |
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