San Francisco in fiction : essays in a regional literature / edited by David Fine & Paul Skenazy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fine, David M., 1934-

Skenazy, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

San Francisco (Calif.)--In literature.

San Francisco (Calif.).

American fiction--California--San Francisco--History and criticism.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

243 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1995]

Summary:

The twelve essays included here explore the relationship between place and prose - between San Francisco the city and San Francisco the territory of fiction. From the Gold Rush times of Mark Twain and Bret Harte, through the Prohibition Era of Dashiell Hammett to the Beat days of Jack Kerouac and the present works of writers like Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, and Arturo Islas, San Francisco has been blessed with great writers who have given life to the land in their fiction. These essays engage the history and geography, ethnic, gender, and class conflicts, and stylistic range of the fiction. They demonstrate how authors as various as Jack London, Gertrude Atherton, Frank Norris, William Saroyan, James D. Houston, Joan Didion, and Wallace Stegner have re-created and revised our understanding of this region.

Notes:

"From Mark Twain to Maxine Hong Kingston"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0826316212

OCLC:

32432115