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Women on the color line : evolving stereotypes and the writings of George Washington Cable, Grace King, Kate Chopin

Title
Women on the color line : evolving stereotypes and the writings of George Washington Cable, Grace King, Kate Chopin / Anna Shannon Elfenbein.
Author
Elfenbein, Anna Shannon, 1946-
Publication
Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1989.

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Description
xiv, 195 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 > Characters
  • King, Grace Elizabeth, 1851 or 1852-1932 > Characters
  • Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904 > Characters
  • Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925
  • Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904
  • King, Grace Elizabeth, 1851 or 1852-1932
  • Cable, George Washington 1844-1925
  • Chopin, Kate 1850-1904
  • King, Grace 1852-1932
  • Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925
  • King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932
  • Chopin, Kate , 1851-1904
  • Cable, George Washington
  • Chopin, Kate
  • King, Grace E
  • American fiction > Louisiana > History and criticism
  • American fiction > White authors > History and criticism
  • Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Louisiana
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature
  • African American women in literature
  • Racially mixed people in literature
  • Passing (Identity) in literature
  • Creoles in literature
  • 18.06 Anglo-American literature
  • American fiction
  • American fiction > White authors
  • Authors, American > Homes and haunts
  • Intellectual life
  • Literature
  • Women in literature
  • Charakterisierung
  • Schwarze Frau
  • Mulattin Motiv
  • Amerikaans
  • Letterkunde
  • Vrouwen
  • Gekleurde rassen
  • Louisiana > Intellectual life
  • Louisiana > In literature
  • Louisiana
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The "tragic octoroon" -- The Louisiana milieu -- The genteel tradition -- Cable's rise -- "'Tite Poulette" -- The grandissimes -- Madame Delphine -- King's realism -- "Madrilene" and "Bonne Maman" -- "Monsieur Motte" -- "The little convent girl" -- Chopin's revelations -- "Desiree's baby" -- La Belle Zoraide" -- "At the 'Cadian ball" and "The storm" -- The awakening.
ISBN
  • 0813911699
  • 9780813911694
LCCN
87037192
OCLC
  • ocm17323978
  • 17323978
  • SCSB-1746419
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library