Racial Hysteria: Female Pathology and Race Politics in Frances Harper's "Iola Leroy" and W. D. Howells's "An Imperative Duty."

Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (Book); Imperative Duty, An (Book); Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911; Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920; Women; Gender identity in literature; Hysteria in literature; Attitude (Psychology)

Discusses two books about racial hysteria of female pathology. "Iola Leroy," by Frances Harper; "An Imperative Duty," by W. D. Howells.