@article{343049,
      recid = {343049},
      author = {McNamara, Kevin R.,},
      title = {The Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles  /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      pages = {xxii, 211 p. ;},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {"Los Angeles has a tantalizing hold on the American  imagination. Its self-magnifying myths encompass Hollywood  glamour, Arcadian landscapes, and endless summer, but also  the apocalyptic undertow of riots, environmental  depredation, and natural disaster. This Companion traces  the evolution of Los Angeles as the most public staging of  the American Dream - and American nightmares. The expert  contributors make exciting, innovative connections among  the authors and texts inspired by the city, covering the  early Spanish settlers, African American writers, the  British and German expatriates of the 1930s and 1940s,  Latino, and Asian LA literature. The genres discussed  include crime novels, science fiction, Hollywood novels,  literary responses to urban rebellion, the poetry scene,  nature writing, and the most influential non-fiction  accounts of the region. Diverse, vibrant, and challenging  as the city itself, this Companion is the definitive guide  to LA in literature"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/343049},
}