Violet America: Regional Cosmopolitanism in U.S. Fiction

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VIOLET AMERICA the new american canon the iowa series in contemporary literature and culture Samuel Cohen, series editor V Regional Cosmopolitanism in U.S. Fiction since the Great Depression jason arthur university of iowa press | iowa city VIOLET VIOLETVIOLET AMERICA AMERIC University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2013 by the University of Iowa Press www.uiowapress.org Printed in the United States of America Design by April Leidig No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Arthur, Jason, 1976– Violet America: regional cosmopolitanism in U.S. fiction since the Great Depression / by Jason Arthur. p. cm.—(The new American canon: the Iowa series in contemporary literature and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-60938-147-9, ISBN-10: 1-60938-147-5 (pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-1-60938-148-6, ISBN-10: 1-60938-148-3 (ebook) 1. American fiction—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Regionalism in literature. 3. Cosmopolitanism in literature. I. Title. PS374.R4A78 2013 813'.309382—dc23 2012038179 For Joe Albert Rellihan ...