ISBN:
9780198036647
,
0198036647
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (viii, 196 p.)
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ill
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Keywords:
American fiction History and criticism
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19th century
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Race in literature
;
Caricatures and cartoons History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature
;
Ethnicity in literature
;
Realism in literature
;
Electronic books
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American fiction History and criticism. 19th century
;
Race in literature.
;
Caricatures and cartoons History 19th century.
;
Stereotype (Psychology) in literature.
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Ethnicity in literature.
;
Realism in literature.
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Ethnische Gruppe
;
Karikatur
;
Literatur
;
Schwarze
;
United States Ethnic relations
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States Race relations
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States Ethnic relations 19th century.
;
History
;
United States Race relations 19th century.
;
History
;
USA
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Geschichte 1870-1900
;
USA
;
Karikatur
;
Literatur
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1870-1900
;
USA
;
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Humoristische Darstellung
;
Geschichte 1870-1900
;
USA
;
Karikatur
;
Literatur
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1870-1900
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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?
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
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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