02993nam 2200757 a 450 991079223320332120230207232431.00-19-803664-797866105327731-280-53277-71-60256-947-9(CKB)2560000000295613(EBL)3051866(OCoLC)922952490(SSID)ssj0000088774(PQKBManifestationID)11125988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088774(PQKBWorkID)10083569(PQKB)10552978(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074009(MiAaPQ)EBC3051866(Au-PeEL)EBL3051866(CaPaEBR)ebr10085307(CaONFJC)MIL53277(MiAaPQ)EBC279687(Au-PeEL)EBL279687(OCoLC)826490324(EXLCZ)99256000000029561320030606d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlaying the races[electronic resource] ethnic caricature and American literary realism /Henry B. WonhamNew York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516194-7 0-19-978810-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-192) and index.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.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?American fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismRace in literatureCaricatures and cartoonsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryStereotypes (Social psychology) in literatureEthnicity in literatureRealism in literatureUnited StatesEthnic relationsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsHistory19th centuryAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Race in literature.Caricatures and cartoonsHistoryStereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.Ethnicity in literature.Realism in literature.813/.309355Wonham Henry B.1960-1529813MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792233203321Playing the races3774298UNINA