This study of the novels of Nathanael West begins with the important threads of Wests life and their relationship to his works. James F. Light gives a detailed analysis of each of Wests novels, investigating in particular the works treatment of social criticism and manipulation of dream and symbol.

Last modified

• 08/10/2018

Creator

• James F. Light

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N2GB09

Subject

• Literary Criticism

Publisher

• Northwestern University Press

Keyword

• United States

Date created

• 1971

Resource type

• Book

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International