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Playing the races [[electronic resource] ] : ethnic caricature and American literary realism / / Henry B. Wonham



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Autore: Wonham Henry B. <1960-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Playing the races [[electronic resource] ] : ethnic caricature and American literary realism / / Henry B. Wonham Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
Disciplina: 813/.309355
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: United States Ethnic relations History 19th century
United States Race relations History 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-192) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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?
Titolo autorizzato: Playing the races  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-803664-7
9786610532773
1-280-53277-7
1-60256-947-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465642803321
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