Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream

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"Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream" is a celebrated Joan Didion essay that dissects a sensational California murder case to explore the darker undercurrents of the American dream and life in the 1960s West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
author Joan Didion NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception celebrated
frequently anthologized
exploresTheme disillusionment with the American Dream
media sensationalism
moral ambiguity
myth of California as promised land
violence beneath suburban life
genre creative nonfiction
literary journalism
true crime
hasPerspectiveOn California legal system NERFINISHED
suburban middle-class life
includedInSyllabi American literature courses
journalism and nonfiction writing courses
influencedField literary journalism
true crime writing
language English
literaryMovement New Journalism NERFINISHED
mainSubject 1960s American West
American Dream NERFINISHED
California NERFINISHED
murder case
narrativeForm essayistic narrative
reportage
partOfAuthorCareerPhase early nonfiction work of Joan Didion
publicationDecade 1960s
publicationInCollection Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED
publisherOfCollection Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
setting San Bernardino Valley NERFINISHED
Southern California NERFINISHED
timePeriodDescribed 1960s
tone analytical
critical
lyrical
workOf Joan Didion NERFINISHED

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