American Superrealism: Nathanael West and the Politics of Representation in the 1930sUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1997 M11 1 - 200 páginas 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 stretches 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. American Superrealism offers what is surely the definitive study of West, as well as a provocative analysis that reveals the issue of representation as the central concern of Depression-era America. |
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... attempt to expound on these provocative affilia- tions . More recently , West has begun to receive the critical attention he deserves . Thomas Strychacz has written a chapter on both Miss Lonely- hearts and The Day of the Locust in ...
... attempt to carve out a middle ground between " radical press [ es ] " like the New Masses on the one hand and the " literature boys " at Partisan Review on the other . Although West never joined the Communist Party , he did share many ...
... attempts to reconstruct the " hidden " logic of an elusive social reality . Indeed , there was an unprecedented commitment within the arts to the production of what might be described as " social knowledge . " Case studies , reportage ...
... attempting to preserve — confessed to a certain mea- sure of bewilderment . " We were — and are — in everyday ... attempt to locate this Orientalized empire beyond the borders of the United States sounds dis- concertingly like the ...
... attempt to secure an ex- planation for his travails . In Rothstein's photograph the bank is simply closed , the money withdrawn . This hard fact is reenforced by the pho- tographer's static , closely cropped gaze , which offers no ...
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Contact | 47 |
Miss Lonelyhearts | 67 |
A Cool Million | 88 |
The Day of the Locust | 113 |
Madonnas Bustier or The Burning of Los Angeles | 132 |
Notes | 139 |
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