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Autore: |
Wonham Henry B. <1960->
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Titolo: |
Playing the races : ethnic caricature and American literary realism / / Henry B. Wonham
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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: | 0-19-028988-0 |
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.: | 9910820937403321 |
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