California Literature.

Catalog description

Focuses on the California phenomenon--the place where the American Dream strives to reach fulfillment "because here," according to Sacramento-native Joan Didion, "beneath that immense bleached sky, is where we run out of continent"--and how this phenomenon has captivated writers for centuries. Presents a cross-section of literary works (fiction, poetry, essays, etc.) while examining and interrogating various literary manifestations of California golden myths and grayer realities.