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Playing the races : ethnic caricature and American literary realism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wonham, Henry B., 1960-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Caricatures and cartoons > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Realism in literature.
Electronic books.
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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.