04358nam 2200889Ia 450 991095385430332120200520144314.0978661242416897812824241661282424165978029915703602991570329780585071879058507187X2027/heb08796(CKB)111004366648604(OCoLC)44962550(CaPaEBR)ebrary10342354(SSID)ssj0000102459(PQKBManifestationID)11124992(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102459(PQKBWorkID)10050496(PQKB)10285694(MdBmJHUP)muse12069(Au-PeEL)EBL3444886(CaPaEBR)ebr10342354(OCoLC)798792665(dli)HEB08796(MiU)MIU01000000000000011661693(MiAaPQ)EBC3444886(Perlego)4386137(EXLCZ)9911100436664860419970401d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican superrealism Nathanael West and the politics of representation in the 1930s /Jonathan Veitch1st ed.Madison University of Wisconsin Pressc19971 online resource (206 p.)The Wisconsin project on American writersBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299157005 0299157008 9780299157043 0299157040 Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-174) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Who Can We Shoot? The Crisis of Representation in the 1930s -- PART I -- 1. American Superrealism -- 2. Euclid's Asshole: The Dream Life of Balsa Snell -- PART II -- 3. "Lousy with Pure / Reeking with Stark": Contact -- 4. The People Talk: Miss Lonelyhearts -- 5. The Folklore of Capitalism: A Cool Million -- 6. The Cliches Are Having a Ball: The Day of the Locust -- Postscript: Madonna's Bustier -- or "The Burning of Los Angeles -- Notes -- Index.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. Wisconsin project on American writers.Capitalism and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNational characteristics, American, in literatureSurrealism (Literature)United StatesDepressions in literatureEconomics in literatureMimesis in literatureCapitalism and literatureHistoryPolitics and literatureHistoryLiterature and societyHistoryNational characteristics, American, in literature.Surrealism (Literature)Depressions in literature.Economics in literature.Mimesis in literature.813/.52Veitch Jonathan566784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953854303321American superrealism1040547UNINA