Playing the races ethnic caricature and American literary realism / [electronic resource] :
Henry B. Wonham.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- viii, 196 p. : ill.
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.
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century Race in literature. Caricatures and cartoons--History--United States--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 century.