Literary Map of American Cities: Centered on New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles

About This Novel

This book takes the development history of American urban novels as a vertical line and the three metropolises of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles as a horizontal line, and makes a detailed review of the development history of American urban novels from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. The book is divided into three chapters: New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. New York in literature presents various forms: old New York, lower-class New York, modern New York and multi-ethnic New York. Chicago literature has experienced three literary waves, from Henry Fuller to Nelson Algren. Chicago literature has gone from prosperity to decline, from the center to the periphery. It wasn't until the 1920s that Los Angeles literature really began. In two of the most important genres, the Hollywood novel and the hard-boiled detective novel, Los Angeles appears as "the city of fantasy and violence." By combing through the cities in American literature, we found that no matter which urban model, ultimately did not bring a true sense of paradise city to mankind. Where is the future of human cities? We are always looking.

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