LEADER 04021nam 22005412 450 001 996202479303316 005 20151109030844.0 010 $a1-139-80101-5 010 $a1-139-00289-9 035 $a(CKB)2590000000003626 035 $a(MH)012550961-8 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000456039 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11283081 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000456039 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406213 035 $a(PQKB)11464238 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139002899 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2050344 035 $a(EXLCZ)992590000000003626 100 $a20110114d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles /$f[edited by] Kevin R. McNamara$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 211 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-73554-8 311 $a0-521-51470-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-196) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Landmarks / Kevin R. McNamara -- The literature of the Californios / Rosaura Sa?nchez 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. 330 $aLos Angeles has a tantalizing hold on the American imagination. Its self-magnifying myths encompass Hollywood glamour, Arcadian landscapes, and endless summer, but also the apocalyptic undertow of riots, environmental depredation, and natural disaster. This Companion traces the evolution of Los Angeles as the most public staging of the American Dream - and American nightmares. The expert contributors make exciting, innovative connections among the authors and texts inspired by the city, covering the early Spanish settlers, African American writers, the British and German expatriates of the 1930s and 1940s, Latino, and Asian LA literature. The genres discussed include crime novels, science fiction, Hollywood novels, literary responses to urban rebellion, the poetry scene, nature writing, and the most influential non-fiction accounts of the region. Diverse, vibrant, and challenging as the city itself, this Companion is the definitive guide to LA in literature. 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 606 $aAmerican literature$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory and criticism 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xIn literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a810.9/979494 702 $aMcNamara$b Kevin R.$f1958- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996202479303316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles$92493489 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress