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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... become the order of the day ( typified by writers like Rahv and Farrell ) . Certainly , West's own characterization of the writers and critics associ- ated with Partisan Review as " literature boys " suggests that his hostility toward ...
... becomes emblematic of the larger problem that bedeviled the avant - garde in the thirties and has led to ( premature ? ) pronouncements of its " death " ever since : namely its ap- propriation and subversion by the very culture it ...
... become the ci- phers of an " invisible imperium " that elude the cryptography even of someone as knowledgeable as Arnold himself . If his attempt to locate this Orientalized empire beyond the borders of the United States sounds dis ...
... become something of a cliche . But for those who lived through the Depression , this was a scene of great trauma : the dead end to the bewildered farmer's attempt to secure an ex- planation for his travails . In Rothstein's photograph ...
... become very smart and have a decided urban tinge . . . . Keep your camera pointed at the rural side of it . " 20 One can , of course , argue that the FSA was doing no more than it was charged to do : photograph rural subjects . But as ...
Contenido
| 3 | |
| 15 | |
| 23 | |
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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