A History of California Literature - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107052092 ISBN 13: 9781107052093

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Blake Allmendinger's A History of Californian Literature surveys the paradoxical image of the Golden State as a site of dreams and disenchantment, formidable beginnings and ruinous ends. This History encompasses the prismatic nature of California by exploring a variety of historical periods, literary genres, and cultural movements affecting the state's development, from the colonial era to the twenty-first century. Written by a host of leading historians and literary critics, this book offers readers insight into the tensions and contradictions that have shaped the literary landscape of California and also American literature generally.

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Book Description

Blake Allmendinger's A History of Californian Literature encompasses the prismatic nature of California by exploring a variety of historical periods, literary genres, and cultural movements affecting the state's development, from the colonial era to the twenty-first century.

About the Author

Blake Allmendinger is Professor of American Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he specializes in literature of the American West. He is the author of The Cowboy: Representations of Labor in an American Work Culture; Ten Most Wanted: The New Western Literature; Imagining the African American West; and The Melon Capital of the World: A Memoir. He is also co-editor of Over the Edge: Remapping the American West, and has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107052092
• ISBN 13: 9781107052093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 441
• Editor: Allmendinger Blake