Nathanael West bibliography
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This is a bibliography of works by Nathanael West
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Novels
Title Publisher Included in The Dream Life of Balso Snell Contact Editions, 1931 The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997Miss Lonelyhearts Liveright, 1933 The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997A Cool Million Covici Friede, 1934 The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997The Day of the Locust Random House, 1939 The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957.
Novels and other Writings, 1997
Short Stories
Title First Published in Collected in: Notes "Business Deal" Americana, October 1933 Novels and other Writings, 1997 "The Imposter" - Novels and other Writings, 1997 Originally titled "The Fake",
then retitled "L'Affaire Beano""Western Union Boy" - Novels and other Writings, 1997 "Mr. Potts of Pottstown" - Novels and other Writings, 1997 Incomplete "The Adventurer" - Novels and other Writings, 1997 Incomplete "Three Eskimos" - Novels and other Writings, 1997 Used inThe Day of the Locust "Tibetan Night" - Novels and other Writings, 1997 "Bird and Bottle" Pacific Weekly, November 1936 Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical EssaysEarly section of The Day of the Locust
Plays
Title Year in Collaboration with Included in Good Hunting 1938 Joseph Schrank Novels and other Writings, 1997 Even Stephen 1934 S.J. Perelman
Poetry
Title First published in Included in "Burn the Cities" Contempo, February 21, 1933,
under the title "Christmass Poem"Novels and other Writings, 1997
Essays and Reviews
Title Publication details Included in: Euripides--A Playwright Published in Casements, the Brown University
literary magazine, in July 1923Novels and other Writings Through the Hole in the Mundane Millstone A leaflet by Contact Editions printed in 1931
to promote The Dream Life of Balso SnellNovels and other Writings
Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical EssaysSome Notes on Violence Contact October 1932 Novels and other Writings
Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical EssaysSome Notes on Miss L. Contempo, May 15, 1933 Novels and other Writings
Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical EssaysSoft Soap for the Barber The New Republic, November 14, 1934 Novels and other Writings
Screenplays
(in collaboration with others, unless noted otherwise)
Title year Studio Notes Beauty Parlor Written 1933 Columbia Never produced Return to the Soil Written 1933 Columbia Never produced Ticket to Paradise 1936 Republic Productions Follow Your Heart 1936 Republic Productions The President's Mystery 1936 Republic Productions Rhythm in the Clouds 1937 Republic Productions It Could Happen to You 1937 Republic Productions Jim Hanvey - Detective 1937 Republic Productions Uncredited Born to Be Wild 1938 Republic Productions Gangs of New York 1938 Republic Productions Uncredited Ladies in Distress 1938 Republic Productions Uncredited Bachelor Girl Republic Productions Orphans of the Street 1938 Republic Productions Uncredited Stormy Weather Republic Productions The Squealer 1938 Columbia Flight South Written 1938 MGM A treatment; never produced The Spirit of Culver 1939 Universal Studios Five Came Back 1939 RKO Pictures I Stole a Million 1939 Universal Studios Solo screenwriting credit Stranger on the Third Floor 1940 RKO Pictures Uncredited Men Against the Sky 1940 RKO Pictures Solo screenwriting credit Let's Make Music 1941 RKO Pictures Solo screenwriting credit Before the Fact Written 1939 RKO Pictures Never filmed A Cool Million Written 1940 Columbia A screen story; never produced Bird in Hand Written 1940 RKO Pictures A treatment
Collections
Title Year Publisher Notes The Complete works of Nathanael West 1957 Farrar Straus and Company Reprinted in 1963, 1975;
includes the four novelsA Cool Million &
The Dream Life of Balso Snell1961 Farrar Straus and Company Miss Lonelyhearts &
The Day of the Locust1969 New Directions Nathanael West: A Collection
of Critical Essays1971 Prentice Hall
(20th Century Views series)Includes three essays and one story by West
in addition to critical writings about him.Novels and other Writings 1997 Library of America Includes novels, short stories,
essays, and a selection of letters