{"product_id":"american-superrealism-jonathan-veitch-9780299157005","title":"American Superrealism: Nathanael West and the Politics of Representation in the 1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eNathanael 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 \u003ci\u003eAmerican Superrealism\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Superrealism\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Veitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299157008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299157005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.34w x 0.68d","brand":"Jonathan Veitch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46685595599103,"sku":"9780299157005","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e67ac0a-66db-4f1e-826f-a19460d532ac.jpg?v=1741726195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-superrealism-jonathan-veitch-9780299157005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}