| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Novels | 4 | |
| ↙Articles | 6 | |
| ↙Stories | 8 | |
| ↙Poems | 4 | |
| ↙Plays | 2 | |
| ↙Scripts | 21 | |
| ↙Letters | 29 (published) | |
| References and footnotes | ||
This is a bibliography of works by Nathanael West
Contents |
| Title | Publisher | Included in |
|---|---|---|
| The Dream Life of Balso Snell | Contact Editions, 1931 | The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| Miss Lonelyhearts | Liveright, 1933 | The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| A Cool Million | Covici Friede, 1934 | The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| The Day of the Locust | Random House, 1939 | The Complete works of Nathanael West,1957. Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| Title | First Published in | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "A Barefaced Lie" | Overland Monthly, 1929 | |
| "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Lamb" | Contact, February 1932 | Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |
| "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Dead Pan" | Contact, May 1932 | Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |
| "Miss Lonelyhearts and the Clean Old Man" | Contact, May 1932 | Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |
| "Miss Lonelyhearts in the Dismal Swamp" | Contempo, July 1932 | Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |
| "Miss Lonelyhearts on a Field Trip" | Contact, October 1932 | Excerpt from Miss Lonelyhearts |
| "The Dear Public" | Americana, August 1933 | Excerpt from The Dream Life of Balso Snell |
| Unnamed excerpt | Americana, September 1933 | Excerpt from The Dream Life of Balso Snell |
| "Business Deal" | Americana, October 1933 | Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| "Bird and Bottle" | Pacific Weekly, November 1936 | Early section of The Day of the Locust; collected in Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays |
| "The Imposter" | The New Yorker, June 2, 1997 | Originally titled "The Fake", then retitled "L'Affaire Beano"; collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| "Western Union Boy" | – | Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| "Mr. Potts of Pottstown" | – | Incomplete; collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| "The Adventurer" | – | Incomplete; collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| "Three Eskimos" | – | Used inThe Day of the Locust; collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| "Tibetan Night" | – | Collected in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| "The Sun, the Lady, and the Gas Station" | – |
| Title | Year | in Collaboration with | First performance | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even Stephen | 1934 | S. J. Perelman | never performed | never published |
| Good Hunting | 1938 | Joseph Schrank | November 21, 1938, New York | Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| Title | First published in | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Rondeau" | The Brown Jug, 2, December 1922 | |
| "Death" | Casements, May 1924 | Signed N. von Wallenstein-Weinstein |
| Christmass Poem | Contempo, February 1933 | Early version of "Burn the Cities" |
| "Burn the Cities" | – | Included in Novels and other Writings, 1997 |
| Title | Publication details | Included in: |
|---|---|---|
| Euripides--A Playwright | Casements, July 1923 | Novels and other Writings |
| Book Marks for Today | World Telegram, October 1931 | – |
| 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 |
| Some Notes on Violence | Contact, October 1932 | Novels and other Writings; Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays |
| Some Notes on Miss L. | Contempo, May 1933 | Novels and other Writings; Nathanael West: A Collection of Critical Essays |
| Soft Soap for the Barber | The New Republic, November 1934 | Novels and other Writings |
(in collaboration with others, unless noted otherwise)
| Title | year | Studio | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty Parlor | Written 1933 | Columbia | Screenplay | Never produced |
| Return to the Soil | Written 1933 | Columbia | Screenplay | Never produced |
| Osceola | Written 1935 | – | Treatment | Never produced |
| Ticket to Paradise | 1936 | Republic Productions | Treatment and screenplay | |
| Follow Your Heart | 1936 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | |
| The President's Mystery | 1936 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | |
| Rhythm in the Clouds | 1937 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | |
| It Could Happen to You | 1937 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | |
| Jim Hanvey – Detective | 1937 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | Uncredited |
| Born to Be Wild | 1938 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | |
| Gangs of New York | 1938 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | Uncredited |
| Ladies in Distress | 1938 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | Uncredited |
| Bachelor Girl | written 1937 | Republic Productions | Screenplay | Never produced |
| Orphans of the Street | 1938 | Republic Productions | Treatment and screenplay | Uncredited |
| Stormy Weather | Written 1937-8 | Republic Productions | Treatment and partial screenplay | Never Produced |
| The Squealer | 1938 | Columbia | Screenplay | Unfinished |
| Flight South | Written 1938 | MGM | Treatment | Never produced |
| The Spirit of Culver | 1939 | Universal Studios | Screenplay | |
| Five Came Back | 1939 | RKO Pictures | Screenplay | |
| I Stole a Million | 1939 | Universal Studios | Screenplay | Solo screenwriting credit |
| The Victoria Docks at Eight | Written 1939 | Universal Studios | Screenplay | Never filmed |
| Stranger on the Third Floor | 1940 | RKO Pictures | Screenplay | Uncredited |
| Men Against the Sky | 1940 | RKO Pictures | Screenplay | Solo screenwriting credit |
| Let's Make Music | 1941 | RKO Pictures | Screenplay | Solo screenwriting credit |
| Before the Fact | Written 1939 | RKO Pictures | Screenplay | Never filmed |
| A Cool Million | Written 1940 | Columbia | Screen story | Never produced |
| Bird in Hand | Written 1940 | RKO Pictures | Treatment | |
| Amateur Angel | Written 1940 | Columbia | Screenplay | worked on until his death |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete Works of Nathanael West | 1957 | Farrar Straus and Company | Reprinted in 1963, 1975; includes the four novels |
| A Cool Million & The Dream Life of Balso Snell |
1961 | Farrar Straus and Company | |
| Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust |
1969 | New Directions | |
| 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. |
| Novels and other Writings | 1997 | Library of America | Includes novels, short stories, essays, and a selection of letters |
| Title | Writer | Year | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathanael West | Stanley Edgar Hyman | 1962 | Critical Study |
| Nathanael West, the Ironic Prophet | Victor Comerchero | 1964 | Critical Study |
| The Fiction of Nathanael West, No Redeemer, No Promised land | Randall Reid | 1967 | Critical Study |
| Nathanael West: The Art of His Life | Jay Martin | 1971 | Biography |
| Nathanael West: An Interpretative Study | James F. Light | 1971 | Critical Study |
| Nathanael West | Robert Emmet Long | 1985 | Critical Study |
| Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney | Marion Meade | 2010 | Biography of West and his wife |
| Title | Adaptation of | Year | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advice to the Lovelorn | Miss Lonelyhearts | 1933 | Feature Film |
| I'll Tell the World | Miss Lonelyhearts | 1945 | Feature Film |
| Miss Lonelyhearts | Miss Lonelyhearts | 1957 | Play |
| Lonelyhearts | Miss Lonelyhearts | 1958 | Feature Film |
| Miss Lonelyhearts | Miss Lonelyhearts | 1983 | TV Film |
| The Day of the Locust | The Day of the Locust | 1975 | Feature Film |
| Miss Lonelyhearts | Miss Lonelyhearts | 2006 | Opera |
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