The Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles / [edited by] Kevin R. McNamara.
McNamara, Kevin R., 1958-
2010
PS285.L7 C36 2010 (Mapit)
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The Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles / [edited by] Kevin R. McNamara.
ISBN
9780521514705
0521514703
9780521735544 (pbk.)
0521735548 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xxii, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PS285.L7 C36 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
810.9/979494
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
McNamara, Kevin R., 1958-
Series
Cambridge companions to literature.
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Introduction: Landmarks / Kevin R. McNamara
The literature of the Californios / Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita
The Anglo invention of Los Angeles / William Alexander McClung
LA fiction through mid-century / David Wyatt
British expatriates and German exiles in 1930s-1940s Los Angeles / Russell A. Berman
Postwar Los Angeles : suburban Eden and the fall into history / Patrick O'Donnell
Los Angeles in the African-American literary imagination / Charles Scruggs
Pacific Rim city : Asian-American and Latino literature / James Kyung-Jin Lee
The literature of urban rebellion / Julian Murphet
City of sleuths / William Marling
Los Angeles' science fiction futures / David Seed
Hollywood fictions / Chip Rhodes
The Southland on screen / Mark Shiel
Scenes and movements in Southern California poetry / Bill Mohr
Surf, sagebrush, and cement rivers : reimagining nature in Los Angeles / J. Scott Bryson
Essaying Los Angeles / Eric Avila.

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