Introduction 1
Chapter One West's Temperament and Motivation as a Satirist 25
Chapter Two The Dream Life of Balso Snell:Surreal Humor 67
Chapter Three Miss Lonelyhearts:Black Humor 92
Chapter Four A Cool Million:A Parody 123
Chapter Five The Day of the Locust:Satiric Grotesque 166
Conclusion 203
Bibliography 215
Appendix Ⅰ West as a Writer from Margin to Mainstream 243
Appendix Ⅱ Chronology 271
Appendix Ⅲ Works by Nathanael West 276