Nathanael West's Novels

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The literature on Nathanael West by this time is larger, no doubt, than his entire outputless than 450pages in the onevolume complete edition. Yet Wests four short novels, all written in the 1930s and surrounded by his reputation as a Hollyshy;wood script writer, continue to fascinate readers, who still look for sign and symbol of the books importance. Irving Malin, a frequent contributor to this series, has taken a new approach to Wests novels. Rather than an examinashy;tion of sources, his new book provides, for the first time, a chronological, chapterbychapter examination of the novels. This detailed textual explication shows the novels designs, which create their powerful effects by the accumulation of significant recurring details.

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