Title A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912 / Cathy Boeckmann.

Publication Info.	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2000]
	©2000

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Description	viii, 238 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
	Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index.
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.
Subject	American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Racism in literature.
	Racism in literature.
	American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Literature and science -- United States -- History.
	Literature and science.
	United States.
	History.
	Characters and characteristics in literature.
	Characters and characteristics in literature.
	Race discrimination in literature.
	Race discrimination in literature.
	Passing (Identity) in literature.
	Passing (Identity) in literature.
	African Americans in literature.
	African Americans in literature.
	Eugenics in literature.
	Eugenics in literature.
	Literary form.
	Literary form.
ISBN	0817310215 alkaline paper