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- catalog abstract ""In A Question of Character, Cathy Boeckmann establishes a strong link between racial questions and the development of literary traditions at the end of the 19th century in America. This period saw the rise of "scientific racism," which claimed that the races were distinguished not solely by exterior appearance but also by a set of inherited character traits. As Boeckmann explains, this emphasis on character meant that race was not only a thematic concern in the literature of the period but also a generic or formal one as well." "Boeckmann explores the intersections between race and literary history by tracing the language of character through both scientific and literary writing."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11666713.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In A Question of Character, Cathy Boeckmann establishes a strong link between racial questions and the development of literary traditions at the end of the 19th century in America. This period saw the rise of "scientific racism," which claimed that the races were distinguished not solely by exterior appearance but also by a set of inherited character traits. As Boeckmann explains, this emphasis on character meant that race was not only a thematic concern in the literature of the period but also a generic or formal one as well." "Boeckmann explores the intersections between race and literary history by tracing the language of character through both scientific and literary writing."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 238 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0817310215 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in American literary realism and naturalism".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.409353 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans in literature.".
- catalog subject "American fiction 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Characters and characteristics in literature.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literary form History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Literary form History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Literary form.".
- catalog subject "Literature and science United States History.".
- catalog subject "PS374.R34 B64 2000".
- catalog subject "Passing (Identity) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Race discrimination in literature.".
- catalog subject "Racially mixed people in literature.".
- catalog subject "Racism in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912 / Cathy Boeckmann.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".