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626569
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Veitch, Jonathan
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American superrealism : : Nathanael West and the politics of representation in the 1930s /\ Jonathan Veitch
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| Publication Statement
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Madison :: University of Wisconsin Press,, ©1997
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The Wisconsin project on American writers
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1 online resource (xx, 182 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0299157032
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: 058507187X
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: 9780585071879
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0299157008
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0299157040
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9780299157005
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9780299157043
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-174) and index
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| Abstract
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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."--Jacket
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West, Nathanael,1903-1940-- Criticism and interpretation
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Capitalism and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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Depressions in literature
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Economics in literature
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Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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Mimesis in literature
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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Politics and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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Surrealism (Literature)-- United States
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| LC Classification
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PS3545.E8334Z9 1997eb
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Ohio Library and Information Network
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