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A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912

Author: Cathy Boeckmann
Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2000.
Series: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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