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Author Fine, David M., 1934-

Title Imagining Los Angeles : a city in fiction / David Fine.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2000]
©2000

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  813.009 F495I    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-[272]) and index.
Contents Preface and acknowledgments. -- Starting points: the place and the writers. -- Boosters and boasters: the making and unmaking of a myth. -- The twenties and beyond: oil, movies, and salvation. -- View from the back room: the hard-boiled thirties. -- Down these mean streets: the tough-guy detective story. -- Sargasso of the imagination: the Hollywood novel. -- Down and out in Los Angeles: from Bunker Hill to the Barrio. -- Black dahlias and zoot suits: the recovery of history. -- Endings and beginnings: surviving Apocalypse.
Subject American fiction -- California -- Los Angeles -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In literature.
City and town life in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
ISBN 0826322077 alkaline paper
0826322085 paperback alkaline paper
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