Lonelyhearts The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen Mckenney

Name: Lonelyhearts The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen Mckenney
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ISBN: 9780547386386

ISBN-10: 0547386389

ISBN-13: 9780547386386

Edition: 2011

Authors: Marion Meade

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NATHANAEL WESTnovelist, screenwriter, playwright, devoted outdoorsmanwas one of the most gifted and original writers of his generation, a comic artist whose insight into the brutalities of modern life proved prophetic. He is famous for two masterpieces,Miss Lonelyhearts(1933) andThe Day of the Locust(1939). Seventy years later,The Day of the Locustremains the most penetrating novel ever written about Hollywood. EILEEN MCKENNEYaccidental muse, literary heroinewas the inspiration for her sister Ruth's humorous stories,My Sister Eileen, which led to stage, film, and television adaptations, including Leonard Bernstein's 1953 musicalWonderful Town. She grew up in Cleveland and moved to Manhattan…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 3/10/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



The Ensemble


Introduction



In the Hotel



Dusty Esky in Harlem



Mishawaka



San Juan Hill, New York



The Stenographer from Canton



Crimes and Misdemeanors



Becoming ï¿½Nathanael Westï¿½



Balso Snell's Book of Dirty Little Secrets



Cleveland Heights Princess



Ring Out, Wild Balls



The Big Steal



Marooned on Silsby Road



Screwballs and Screwboxes



Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves



14 Gay Street



Cheapsville



Sister Eileen and Mrs. White



Destined to be a Heroine



An Arsonist's Guide to Los Angeles



Stinkolas, Humdingers, Lollapaloozas, Twisteroos



Eileen in Disneyland



Together



El Centro


Postscript


The Works of Nathanael West


Notes


Acknowledgments


Photo Credits


Index