Violet America : Regional Cosmopolitanism in U.S. Fiction /

This book takes on the long habit among literary historians and critics of thinking about large segments of American literary production in terms of regionalism. The author argues that classifying broad swaths of American literature as regionalist or "local color" writing brings with it a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Arthur, Jason, 1976- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Regionalismus
Weltbürgertum
Literatur
Regionalism in literature.
Cosmopolitanism in literature.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Cosmopolitisme dans la litterature.
Litterature regionale.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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
  • Violet America : Jonathan Franzen and the unity of discord.

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