American superrealism : Nathanael West and the politics of representation in the 1930s /
"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 exa...
| Основен автор: | Veitch, Jonathan. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
℗♭1997.
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| Серия: |
Wisconsin project on American writers.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18997 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
American superrealism. |
| Резюме: |
"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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xx, 182 pages) : illustrations. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-174) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780299157036 0299157032 058507187X 9780585071879 |