Playing the races [[electronic resource] ] : ethnic caricature and American literary realism / / Henry B. Wonham
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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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| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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.: | 9910792233203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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