The Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles / [edited by] Kevin R. McNamara. [electroni...
The Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles / [edited by] Kevin R. McNamara. [electroni...
The Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles / [edited by] Kevin R. McNamara. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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English
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1 online resource (xxii, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
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...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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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 Dre...
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The Cambridge companion to the literature of Los Angeles / [edited by] Kevin R. McNamara. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions online.
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Cambridge companions to literature
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-196) and index.
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English
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1-139-00289-9
1-139-80101-5
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810.9/979494
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991023962540102626
