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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... : A Cool Million 47 67 88 6. The Clichés Are Having a Ball : The Day of the Locust 113 Postscript : Madonna's Bustier ; or " The Burning of Los Angeles " 132 Notes 139 Index 175 Acknowledgments If it takes a village to raise a child vii.
... Clichés Are Having a Ball: The Day of the Locust Postscript: Mad0nna's Bustier; or “The Burning of Los Angeles” Notes Index ix X1 3 15 23 47 67 88 113 132 139 175 Acknowledgments If it takes a village to raise a child, vii.
... 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 the bank is simply ...
... clichés , trivia , and drivel mostly of cultural origin ? " 19 Ernst , Magritte , Duchamp , and West were united in their insistence that the roots of the unconscious are " mostly of cultural origin . " For these artists the unconscious ...
... cliche by the time West himself got to Paris in 1926.3 Although Beano's antics seem harmless enough , their fatuousness belies the earnestness of this critique as well as West's own investment in the outcome . While this story hints at ...
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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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