Playing the races [electronic resource] : ethnic caricature and American literary realism / Henry B. Wonham.

By: Wonham, Henry B, 1960-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: viii, 196 p. : illSubject(s): 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 | United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 813/.309355 LOC classification: PS374.R32 | W66 2004Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-192) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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