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Coney Island has been featured in films, television shows, cartoons, and theatrical plays.〔(Google Books ).〕〔("Coney Island: The People's Playground," by Michael Immerso ).〕 ==In literature== * Coney Island is often mentioned in literature, including O.Henry's stories.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The Economist )〕 * Coney Island features prominently in Joseph Heller's novel ''Closing Time''. * "Coney Island", a poem by Jose Martí (1881) * ''A Coney Island of the Mind'' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a classic collection of poems from the Beat Generation. The title was inspired by Henry Miller's work. * ''Coney Island Wonder Stories'', edited by Robert J. Howe and John Ordover, 2005, contains science fiction and fantasy stories set in Coney Island throughout its history, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Steven Popkes, Maureen McHugh, Mike Resnick, J. R. Dunn, Kij Johnson, Paul Levinson, and other writers. * ''The Electric Michelangelo'', a novel by British novelist Sarah Hall, is set partly in Coney Island and describes much of the amusement area as it was at its peak prior to World War II and describes some of its post-war decline. * In the comic book ''G.I. Joe'', the character Scarface lived under an abandoned roller coaster on Coney Island. * In ''The Great Gatsby'', Gatsby invites Nick to go to Coney Island after his meeting with Jordan Baker. * In ''It's Like This, Cat'', Dave and Cat go to Coney Island in a chapter. * ''The Last Shot'', by Darcy Frey, follows a group of high school basketball players from Coney Island. * Hubert Selby Jr's novel, ''Requiem for a Dream'', is set in Coney Island. * ''Samantha at Coney Island'' by "Josiah Allen's Wife" (Marietta Holley), 1911, was a popular young-adult novel in the early 20th century. * In ''Twelve'' by Nick McDonell, a novel about a group of rich kids in Manhattan who pass their time taking drugs and partying, the protagonist, White Mike, visits Coney Island. The amusement area is described very negatively (shabby, run-down, deserted, no kids, but hookers and drug dealers). * ''The Warriors'' by Sol Yurick is the 1965 novel that inspired the 1979 movie with the same name. The novel itself is loosely based upon ''Anabasis'' by Xenophon. * Diana Holland spends the day in Coney Island with her lover Henry Schoonmaker in ''Rumors: A Luxe Novel'' by Anna Godbersen. * In "Coney Island Odyssey" by Murray Koren a new memoir published in 2012 discusses growing up Jewish in Coney Island in the 1930s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coney Island in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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