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The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles
The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles, Los Angles 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. Thi, The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles has a rating of 4 stars
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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles
  • Written by author Kevin R. McNamara
  • Published by Cambridge University Press, June 2010
  • Los Angles 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. Thi
  • 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. Th
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Notes on contributors vii

Chronology x

Introduction: landmarks Kevin R. McNamara 1

1 The literature of the Californios Rosaura Sánchez Beatrice Pita 13

2 The Anglo invention of Los Angeles William Alexander McClung 23

3 LA fiction through mid-century David Wyatt 35

4 British expatriates and German exiles in 1930s-1940s Los Angles Russell A. Berman 49

5 Postwar Los Angeles: suburban Eden and the fall into history Patrick O'Donnell 59

6 Los Angeles and the African-American literary imagination Charles Scruggs 75

7 Pacific Rim city: Asian-American and Latino literature James Kyung-Jin Lee 87

8 The literature of urban rebellion Julian Murphet 101

9 City of sleuths William Marling 111

10 Los Angeles' science fiction futures David Seed 123

11 Hoolywood fictions Chip Rhodes 135

12 The Southland on screen Mark Shiel 145

13 Scens and movements in Southern California poetry Bill Mohr 157

14 Surf, sagebrush, and cement rivers: Reimagining nature in Los Angeles J. Scott Bryson 167

15 Essaying Los Angeles Eric Avila 177

Guide to further reading 191

Index 197


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