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Nathanael West bibliography
List of Writing Works by American Writer Nathanael West
This is a bibliography of works by Nathanael West
Novels
![]() The Dream Life of Balso Snell, 1931
| Title |
Publisher |
Included in
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| The Dream Life of Balso Snell |
Contact Editions, 1931 |
The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| Miss Lonelyhearts |
Liveright, 1933 |
The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| A Cool Million |
Covici Friede, 1934 |
The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| The Day of the Locust |
Random House, 1939 |
The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997
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Short stories and novel excerpts
| Title |
First Published in |
Notes
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| "A Barefaced Lie" |
Overland Monthly, 1929 |
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| "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Lamb" |
Contact, February 1932 |
Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts
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| "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Dead Pan" |
Contact, May 1932 |
Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts
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| "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Clean Old Man" |
Contact, May 1932 |
Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts
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| "Miss Lonelyhearts in the Dismal Swamp" |
Contempo, July 1932 |
Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts
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| "Miss Lonelyhearts on a Field Trip" |
Contact, October 1932 |
Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts
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| "The Dear Public" |
Americana, August 1933 |
Excerpt from The Dream Life of Balso Snell
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| Unnamed excerpt |
Americana, September 1933 |
Excerpt from The Dream Life of Balso Snell
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| "Business Deal" |
Americana, October 1933 |
Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| "Bird and Bottle" |
Pacific Weekly, November 1936 |
Early section of The Day of the Locust; collected in
Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays
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| "The Imposter" |
The New Yorker, June 2, 1997 |
Originally titled "The Fake", then retitled "L'Affaire Beano";
collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| "Western Union Boy" |
– |
Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| "Mr. Potts of Pottstown" |
– |
Incomplete;
collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| "The Adventurer" |
– |
Incomplete;
collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| "Three Eskimos" |
– |
Used in The Day of the Locust;
collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| "Tibetan Night" |
– |
Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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| "The Sun, the Lady, and the Gas Station" |
– |
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Plays
| Title |
Year |
in Collaboration with |
First performance |
Published in
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| Even Stephen |
1934 |
S. J. Perelman |
never performed |
never published
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| Good Hunting |
1938 |
Joseph Schrank |
November 21, 1938, New York |
Novels and other Writings, 1997
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Poetry
| Title |
First published in |
Notes
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| "Rondeau" |
The Brown Jug, 2, December 1922 |
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| "Death" |
Casements, May 1924 |
Signed N. von Wallenstein-Weinstein
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| Christmass Poem |
Contempo, February 1933 |
Early version of "Burn the Cities"
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| "Burn the Cities" |
– |
Included in Novels and other Writings, 1997
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Essays and reviews
| Title |
Publication details |
Included in:
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| Euripides—A Playwright |
Casements, July 1923 |
Novels and other Writings
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| Book Marks for Today |
World Telegram, October 1931 |
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| Through the Hole in the Mundane Millstone |
A leaflet by Contact Editions printed in 1931
to promote The Dream Life of Balso Snell |
Novels and other Writings;
Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical Essays
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| Some Notes on Violence |
Contact, October 1932 |
Novels and other Writings;
Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical Essays
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| Some Notes on Miss L. |
Contempo, May 1933 |
Novels and other Writings;
Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical Essays
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| Soft Soap for the Barber |
The New Republic, November 1934 |
Novels and other Writings
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Film writing
(in collaboration with others, unless noted otherwise)
Collections
| Title |
Year |
Publisher |
Notes
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| The Complete Works of Nathanael West |
1957 |
Farrar Straus and Company |
Reprinted in 1963, 1975;
includes the four novels
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A Cool Million &
The Dream Life of Balso Snell |
1961 |
Farrar Straus and Company |
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Miss Lonelyhearts &
The Day of the Locust |
1969 |
New Directions |
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Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical Essays |
1971 |
Prentice Hall
(20th century Views series) |
Includes three essays and one story by West
in addition to critical writings about him.
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| Novels and other Writings |
1997 |
Library of America |
Includes novels, short stories,
essays, and a selection of letters
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Books about Nathanael West
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Writer |
Year |
Genre
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| Nathanael West
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Stanley Edgar Hyman |
1962 |
Critical Study
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| Nathanael West, the Ironic Prophet
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Victor Comerchero |
1964 |
Critical Study
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| The Fiction of Nathanael West, No Redeemer, No Promised land
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Randall Reid |
1967 |
Critical Study
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| Nathanael West: The Art of His Life
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Jay Martin |
1971 |
Biography
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| Nathanael West: An Interpretative Study[1]
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James F. Light |
1971 |
Critical Study
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| Nathanael West
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Robert Emmet Long |
1985 |
Critical Study
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| Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney
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Marion Meade |
2010 |
Biography of West and his wife
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Adaptations of Nathanael West's work
References
- Bercovitch, Sacvan, ed. Nathanael West, Novels and Other Writings (Library of America, 1997) ISBN 978-1-883011-28-4
- Martin, Jay, Nathanael West: The Art of His Life (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970)
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