Cambridge University Press - The Cambridge Companion To The Literature Of Los Angeles - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 L a 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 L a in literature.
Title: The Cambridge Companion To The Literature Of Los Angeles
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521735544
Pages: 248 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 5/6/2010
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Category: Literary Studies: General