International audienceAmerican modernist Nathanael West’s relationship to surrealism has been a classic topic of discussion among literary scholars. Though West is not considered to be a Surrealist, the term “surrealist” is often used to describe his writing. In order to overcome this critical double bind, this paper argues that West’s hallmark lies precisely in his departure from surrealism as well as in his ability to recombine it to produce his own aesthetics of reality, as illustrated by the transition from his first novel, The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931), in which West parodies the surrealist tenets, to his second one, Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), in which André Breton’s call to rethink reality has been changed into a cynical critici...
This article explores the reception of Surrealism in postwar American poetry, focussing on Beat and ...
abstract: In 1937, Ansel Adams described the photographs taken some sixty years earlier by Timothy O...
abstract: Lautréamont became the preeminent forebear of Surrealism through his inclusion in the move...
International audienceAmerican modernist Nathanael West’s relationship to surrealism has been a clas...
American modernist Nathanael West’s relationship to surrealism has been a classic topic of discussio...
This paper attempts to show that despite his widely accepted identity as a Modernist novelist, Natha...
The study aims at exploring the surrealist elements in Mohsin Hamid's novel Exit West. It analyzes t...
abstract: In June 1930, transition, an American literary magazine printed in France between 1927 and...
Since the publication of his first novel in 1931, Nathanael West has presented significant problems ...
Nathanael West (1903-1940) a écrit un nouveau chapitre de la littérature américaine, avant de dispar...
Surrealism is an attitude toward life, even more than a literary and artistic movement. It aspired t...
In 1930, Nathanael West was 26 years old and had just finished his first novel, The Dream Life of Ba...
The surrealist movement began as a consequence of the social, economical, and political disruptions ...
Before we can judge a writer, we must tentatively decide upon the appropriate criteria by which to m...
This book chapter critically analyses the late collages and writings of the Belgian surrealist E.L.T...
This article explores the reception of Surrealism in postwar American poetry, focussing on Beat and ...
abstract: In 1937, Ansel Adams described the photographs taken some sixty years earlier by Timothy O...
abstract: Lautréamont became the preeminent forebear of Surrealism through his inclusion in the move...
International audienceAmerican modernist Nathanael West’s relationship to surrealism has been a clas...
American modernist Nathanael West’s relationship to surrealism has been a classic topic of discussio...
This paper attempts to show that despite his widely accepted identity as a Modernist novelist, Natha...
The study aims at exploring the surrealist elements in Mohsin Hamid's novel Exit West. It analyzes t...
abstract: In June 1930, transition, an American literary magazine printed in France between 1927 and...
Since the publication of his first novel in 1931, Nathanael West has presented significant problems ...
Nathanael West (1903-1940) a écrit un nouveau chapitre de la littérature américaine, avant de dispar...
Surrealism is an attitude toward life, even more than a literary and artistic movement. It aspired t...
In 1930, Nathanael West was 26 years old and had just finished his first novel, The Dream Life of Ba...
The surrealist movement began as a consequence of the social, economical, and political disruptions ...
Before we can judge a writer, we must tentatively decide upon the appropriate criteria by which to m...
This book chapter critically analyses the late collages and writings of the Belgian surrealist E.L.T...
This article explores the reception of Surrealism in postwar American poetry, focussing on Beat and ...
abstract: In 1937, Ansel Adams described the photographs taken some sixty years earlier by Timothy O...
abstract: Lautréamont became the preeminent forebear of Surrealism through his inclusion in the move...