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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | essay ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
celebrated
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frequently anthologized ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
disillusionment with the American Dream
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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
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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
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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
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critical ⓘ lyrical ⓘ |
| workOf | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream Description of subject: "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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