Playing the races : ethnic caricature and American literary realism /

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?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wonham, Henry B., 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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?
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 196 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and index.
ISBN:9780198036647
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