California Gothic: the dark side of the dream

California Gothic explores the California dream and its dark inversion as a nightmare, as illustrated in fiction, poetry, and film. California began as a literary invention, a magic island, in a Spanish romance before conquistadors first visited the land. From early days to the present, the Californ...

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1. Verfasser: Crow, Charles L. 1940- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London, England Anthem Press 2024
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Zusammenfassung:California Gothic explores the California dream and its dark inversion as a nightmare, as illustrated in fiction, poetry, and film. California began as a literary invention, a magic island, in a Spanish romance before conquistadors first visited the land. From early days to the present, the California dream of happiness in a land of new beginnings has been maintained by suppression of disturbing realities: above all, the destruction of native peoples; and by events and facts such as the tragedy of the Donner Party, the persistence of poverty and crime in the golden land, disturbing crimes such as the Black Dahlia; and pandemics and ecological disaster. This book explores a rich Gothic tradition that exposes the repressed past and imagines the fates awaiting a failed California
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Cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Magic Island -- 2. Ambrose Bierce and San Francisco's Gothic Frontier -- 3. Lost Coasts -- 4. Disease, Pandemics, and the Monstrous -- 5. The Shadow Line: Noir and California Gothic -- 6. California Ecogothic: What's Buried in the Basement -- Works Cited -- Afterword -- Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 77 Seiten)
ISBN:9781839983801

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