Literature of California : Native American Beginnings to 1945, Paperback

by James D. Houston

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Literature of California : Native American Beginnings to 1945, Paperback by Hicks, Jack (EDT); Houston, James D. (EDT); Kingston, Maxine Hong (EDT); Young, Al (EDT), ISBN 0520222121, ISBN-13 9780520222120, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The Literature of California is a landmark publication—unmatched by any existing collection and distinguished by its breadth, variety of sources, and historical sweep. The editors have been refreshingly inclusive and imaginative in their selection: some of the writers are internationally known, others are anthologized here for the first time. The richness of material, ranging from Native American origin myths to Hollywood novels dissecting the American Dream; from the familiar voices of John Steinbeck, Jack London, and William Saroyan to the less-well-known narratives of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Josephine Miles, and Jade Snow Wong—all of it captures the spirit and scope of the state itself. This first volume of the comprehensive two-volume anthology is divided into four parts. The first includes stories, legends, and songs of the indigenous tribes. The second section comprises letters, diaries, reports, and travel narratives that trace a century of exploration, discovery, and conquest. Part III includes Mother Lode tales by Mark Twain and Bret Harte, the first signs of California poetry, the rise of narrative by California women, the nature writing of John Muir and Mary Austin, and some of the earliest prose from writers of Asian b

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 1945
• ISBN: 9780520222120
• Condition: Fine

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