Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction: landmarks
- 1 The literature of the Californios
- 2 The Anglo invention of Los Angeles
- 3 LA fiction through mid-century
- 4 British expatriates and German exiles in 1930s-1940s Los Angeles
- 5 Postwar Los Angeles: suburban Eden and the fall into history
- 6 Los Angeles and the African-American literary imagination
- 7 Pacific Rim city: Asian-American and Latino literature
- 8 The literature of urban rebellion
- 9 City of sleuths
- 10 Los Angeles’ science fiction futures
- 11 Hollywood fictions
- 12 The Southland on screen
- 13 Scenes and movements in Southern California poetry
- 14 Surf, sagebrush, and cement rivers: Reimagining nature in Los Angeles
- 15 Essaying Los Angeles
- Guide to further reading
- Index
Guide to further reading
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction: landmarks
- 1 The literature of the Californios
- 2 The Anglo invention of Los Angeles
- 3 LA fiction through mid-century
- 4 British expatriates and German exiles in 1930s-1940s Los Angeles
- 5 Postwar Los Angeles: suburban Eden and the fall into history
- 6 Los Angeles and the African-American literary imagination
- 7 Pacific Rim city: Asian-American and Latino literature
- 8 The literature of urban rebellion
- 9 City of sleuths
- 10 Los Angeles’ science fiction futures
- 11 Hollywood fictions
- 12 The Southland on screen
- 13 Scenes and movements in Southern California poetry
- 14 Surf, sagebrush, and cement rivers: Reimagining nature in Los Angeles
- 15 Essaying Los Angeles
- Guide to further reading
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles , pp. 191 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010