California Dreaming

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"California Dreaming" is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on her experiences and observations of 1960s California culture and disillusionment.

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California Dreaming canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
author Joan Didion NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsTimePeriod 1960s
genre literary essay
nonfiction essay
hasAuthorNationality American
hasTitle California Dreaming NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement New Journalism NERFINISHED
mainSubject 1960s California culture
American counterculture
California NERFINISHED
disillusionment
narrativePerspective first-person
settingLocation California NERFINISHED
Los Angeles (contextual) NERFINISHED
theme American Dream NERFINISHED
cultural fragmentation
loss of innocence
myth of California
tone critical
disillusioned
reflective
workOf Joan Didion NERFINISHED
writtenBy Joan Didion NERFINISHED

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Description of subject: "California Dreaming" is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on her experiences and observations of 1960s California culture and disillusionment.

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem hasPart California Dreaming