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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Cathy Boeckmann |
| ISBN: | 0817310215 9780817310219 |
| OCLC Number: | 42022208 |
| Description: | viii, 238 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Scientific racism, character, and American fiction -- Thomas Dixon and the rhetorical mulatto -- Pudd'nhead Wilson's phrenological photograph -- Howells and Chesnutt: the racial uses of genre -- Character and black art in The autobiography of an ex-Coloured man -- Epilogue: race and representation -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. |
| Responsibility: | Cathy Boeckmann. |
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