ISBN:
9780198036647
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0198036647
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (viii, 196 p.)
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ill
Serie:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Schlagwort(e):
American fiction History and criticism
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19th century
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Race in literature
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Caricatures and cartoons History
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19th century
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United States
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature
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Ethnicity in literature
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Realism in literature
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Electronic books
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American fiction History and criticism. 19th century
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Race in literature.
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Caricatures and cartoons History 19th century.
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Stereotype (Psychology) in literature.
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Ethnicity in literature.
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Realism in literature.
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Ethnische Gruppe
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Karikatur
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Literatur
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Schwarze
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United States Ethnic relations
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History
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19th century
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United States Race relations
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History
;
19th century
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United States Ethnic relations 19th century.
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History
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United States Race relations 19th century.
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History
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USA
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
;
USA
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Ethnische Gruppe
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Geschichte 1870-1900
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USA
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Karikatur
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Literatur
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Schwarze
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Geschichte 1870-1900
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USA
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Ethnische Gruppe
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Humoristische Darstellung
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Geschichte 1870-1900
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USA
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Karikatur
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Literatur
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Schwarze
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Geschichte 1870-1900
Kurzfassung:
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
Kurzfassung:
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?
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
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
Anmerkung:
Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-192) and index
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Playing the races
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