Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Nathanael West wich are Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locust.
Nathanael West was an American writer best known for satiric novels of the 1930s.West saw the American dream as having been betrayed, both spiritually and materially, and in his writing he presented ’a sweeping rejection of political causes, religious faith, artistic redemption and romantic love’. This idea of the corrupt American dream endured long after his death, in the form of the term ’West’s disease’, coined by the poet W. H. Auden to refer to poverty that exists in both a spiritual and economic sense.
Novels selected for this book:
– Miss Lonelyhearts.
– The Day of the Locust.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Nathanael West was an American writer best known for satiric novels of the 1930s.West saw the American dream as having been betrayed, both spiritually and materially, and in his writing he presented ’a sweeping rejection of political causes, religious faith, artistic redemption and romantic love’. This idea of the corrupt American dream endured long after his death, in the form of the term ’West’s disease’, coined by the poet W. H. Auden to refer to poverty that exists in both a spiritual and economic sense.
Novels selected for this book:
– Miss Lonelyhearts.
– The Day of the Locust.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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Nathanael West was an American author and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939), set respectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film industries.
Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 163 ● ISBN 9783967998511 ● Filstorlek 0.3 MB ● Utgivare Tacet Books ● Stad Vachendorf ● Land DE ● Publicerad 2020 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 7445416 ● Kopieringsskydd Social DRM
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