American superrealism
Nathanael West and the politics of representation in the 1930s
by Jonathan Veitch
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Nathanael West has been hailed as "an apocalyptic writer," "a writer on the left," and "a precursor to postmodernism." But until now no critic has succeeded in fully engaging West's distinctive method of negation. In American Superrealism, Jonathan Veitch examines West's letters, short stories, screenplays and novels - some of which are discussed here for the first time - as well as West's collaboration with William Carlos Williams during their tenure as the editors of Contact.
Locating West in a lively, American avant-garde tradition that sketches from Marcel Duchamp to Andy Warhol, Veitch explores the possibilities and limitations of dada and surrealism - the use of readymades, scatalogical humor, human machines, "exquisite corpses" - as modes of social criticism.
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Economics in literature, Politics and literature, National characteristics, American, in literature, Literature and society, Depressions in literature, Criticism and interpretation, Mimesis in literature, Surrealism (Literature), Capitalism and literature, History, West, nathanael, 1902-1940, National characteristics in literature, Capitalisme et littérature, Histoire, Politique et littérature, Littérature et société, Surréalisme (Littérature), Crises économiques dans la littérature, Économie politique dans la littérature, Mimêsis dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, GeneralPeople
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1997, University of Wisconsin Press
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1997, University of Wisconsin Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-174) and index.
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