California Gothic The Dark Side Of The Dream
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California Gothic: The Dark Side of the Dream
Author | : Charles L. Crow |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2024-01-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1839983817 |
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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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