| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: fail in originality, succeed in imitation -- The new republic's two frontiers: redface desire, European mimicry, and Edgar Huntly -- Localizing the early republic: Washington Irving and blackface culture -- Cooper's Anglo-Saxon masquerade: redface, whiteface, and the pioneers -- Blackface minstrelsy and the making of African American selfhood in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Melville's (inter)national burlesque: whiteface, blackface, and "Benito Cereno" -- Blackface violence and the early African American novel -- Epilogue: absorbing mimesis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
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Minorities in literature.
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Minorities in literature. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9780813940649 (electronic book) |
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0813940648 (electronic book) |
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9780813940656 (electronic book) |
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0813940656 (electronic book) |
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