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Violet America

Arthur, Jason, 1976-

Violet America regional cosmopolitanism in U.S. fiction since the Great Depression / [electronic resource] : by Jason Arthur. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xxiv, 168 pages ) - The new American canon : the Iowa series in contemporary literature and culture .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-160) and index.

Introduction: regional cosmopolitanism -- Specific soil: James agee and the poverty of documentary work -- Pavement: Jack Kerouac and the delocalization of America -- The chinatown and the city: Maxine Hong Kingston and the relocalization of San Francisco -- The deflowering of New England: Russell Banks and the wages of cosmopolitanism -- Epilouge: Jonathan Franzen and the Unity of Discord.

9781609381486 1609381483


Cosmopolitanism in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century


Electronic books.

PS374.R4 / A78 2013

813/.309382