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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... story writers recognize the necessity of personally helping to accelerate the destruction of capitalism and the es- tablishment of a workers ' government . " 4 In Southern California , West became involved with the plight of migrant ...
... story of the Depression , indicates that the pastoral possessed a symbolic resonance that went far beyond the needs of the particular moment.21 That should come as no surprise . For the pastoral allows Americans to indulge in a fictive ...
... story that has been told many times before and need not be repeated here.12 Suffice it to say that in 1931 , when West wrote the blurb for Balso Snell , the surrealists were split between those like Aragon who insisted that the movement ...
... story entitled " The Fake , " Nathanael West re- counts the adventures of Beano Walsh , a would - be American artist living the life of a bohemian in Paris during the twenties . Despite his extrava- gant claims for his art , Beano is ...
... story hints at West's anxiety about his abilities as a beginning writer- despite his bluff and bravado , Beano Walsh lacks talent — it also indicates West's preoccupation with his own belatedness . By 1926 European mod- ernism had ...
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| 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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