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Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West

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Author Biography

Name: Nathanael West
Birth Date: October 17, 1903
Death Date: December 22, 1940
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Place of Death: El Centro, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: novelist

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Biography of Nathanael West
1137 words, approx. 3.8 pages
The writer who was to become known as Nathanael West was born Nathan Weinstein in New York City; he was the first son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. His individuality early exhibited itself in his indifference toward school; his interest in the arts, book...
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Biography of Nathanael West
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The work of the American novelist Nathanael West (1903-1940) is strikingly original. It is characterized by its use of mythic themes in contemporary settings, terrifying symbolism, profound pessimism, and grisly humor. Nathanael West was born Nathan Wein...
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Biography of Nathanael West
6335 words, approx. 21.1 pages
All around him he saw hypocrisy, lack of communication, the failure of love to heal. He saw the garish, bizarre, erotic, and grotesque replacing the standard criteria for defining a work of art. The result, he believed, is chaos, a natural concomitant of...
 


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Miss Lonelyhearts Information
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Miss Lonelyhearts, published in 1933, is Nathanael West's second novel. It is an Expressionist black comedy set in New York City during the Great...


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Opera News
Miss Lonelyhearts Sings
04/01/2006: 1,736 words, approx. 6 pages
THIS MONTH, LOWELL LIEBERMANN'S OPERA BASED ON NATHANAEL WEST'S TRENCHANT NOVELLA BOWS AT JUILLIARD. Among the many artists commissioned to create works in honor of The Juilliard Schools centennial, pride of place goes to Lowell liebermann, whose new opera, Miss Lonelyhearts, will receive...
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Miss lonelyheart pays back.
11/01/2003: 3,113 words, approx. 10 pages
When I was divorced by my wife and banished from what they always call the "marital home", I moved into a flat on my own. This had the advantage of cutting in half my daily journey to work; but it also signalled for...
 


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Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West

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