Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

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Vintage Books
18 May 1990

Literary essays

""This collection, a retrospective exhibit of the work of a woman who created a unique place for herself in the world of letters, contains a sample of practically every period and every manner in Gertrude Stein's career. It includes The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in its entirety; selected passages from The Making of Americans; ""Melanctha""from Three Lives; portraits of the painters Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso; Tender Buttons; the opera Four Saints in Three Acts; and poem, plays, lectures, articles, sketches, and a generous portion of her famous book on the Occupation of France, Wars I Have Seen.

By: Gertrude Stein
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 206mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 46mm
Weight: 576g
ISBN: 9780679724643
ISBN 10: 0679724648
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 18 May 1990
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A Message from Gertrude Stein General Introduction by F. W. Dupee A Stein Song by Carl van Vechten The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas The Gradual Making of The Making of Americans The Making of Americans (Selected Passages) Three Portraits of Painters: Cezanne Matisse Picasso Melanctha: Each One as She May Tender Buttons Composition as Explanation Portrait of Mabel Dodge at Villa Curonia Have They Attacked Mary. He Giggled (A Political Caricature) As a Wife Has a Cow: A Love Story Two Poems: Susie Asado Preciosilla Two Plays: Ladies' Voices What Happened Miss Furr and Miss Skeene A Sweet Tail (Gypsies) Four Saints in Three Acts The Winner Loses: A Picture of Occupied France The Coming of the Americans (from Wars I Have Seen)

Gertrude Steinwas born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874. At Radcliffe College she studied under William James, who remained her lifelong friend, and then went to Johns Hopkins to study medicine. Abandoning her studies, she moved to Paris with her brother Leo in 1903. At 27 rue de Fleurus, Gertrude Stein lived with Alice B. Toklas, who would remain her companion for 40 years. Not only was she an innovator in literature and a supporter of modern poetry and art, she was the friend and mentor of those who visited her at her now-famous home- Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, and Guillaume Apollinaire. Her body of work includeThree Lives,Tender Buttons,The Making of Americans, andThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

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