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California Gothic: The Dark Side of the Dream, Paperback / softback Book

California Gothic: The Dark Side of the Dream Paperback / softback

Part of the Anthem Impact series

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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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