American Superrealism - Nathanael West and the Politics of Representation in the 1930s

This study of "apocalyptic writer" Nathanael West examines his body of work, exploring his distinctive method of negation. Locating him in an American avant-garde tradition, the author considers the possibilities and limitations of dada and surrealism as modes of social criticism.

Summary

This study of "apocalyptic writer" Nathanael West examines his body of work, exploring his distinctive method of negation. Locating him in an American avant-garde tradition, the author considers the possibilities and limitations of dada and surrealism as modes of social criticism.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Veitch
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.1992
• EAN: 9780299157005
• ISBN: 978-0-299-15700-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 237 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Wisconsin Project on American; Wisconsin Project on American Writers S.; Wisconsin Project on American; Wisconsin project on American writers
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies