Gertrude Stein
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Mentor and guide to the Lost Generation of expatriate American writers, including Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) is perhaps better known for her Parisian salon than her literary works. Yet her innovative approach to writing and her originality of thought make the impact of her books on contemporary literature enormous.Tender Buttons, published in 1914, is vintage Stein. She pushes abstraction to its farthest limits by experimenting with words purely as words in a...
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"Tender Buttons" by Gertrude Stein. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
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"Three Lives" by Gertrude Stein. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone...
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Melanctha Herbert was always seeking rest and quiet, and always she could only find new ways to be in trouble.’In Bridgepoint, USA, people get trapped into lives they didn’t choose, without means of escape: Anna, a sweet but intimidating German housemaid; Melanctha, a troubled young woman whose passion threatens to tear her apart; and Lena, a timid girl bullied into work and marriage. In this...
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First published in 1909, Gerturde Stein’s “Three Lives” is a series of novellas, three independent stories set in the fictional town of Bridgepoint. The first story, “The Good Anna”, relates the tale of Anna Federner, a servant in the household of Miss Mathilda, who clashes with four unreliable under servants, Lizzie, Molly, Katy, and Sallie. The second story, “Melanctha”, the longest of the three stories, tells the tale of a girl of mixed race who is dissatisfied with her role in the segregated...
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"Three Lives" is a series of novellas, three independent stories set in the fictional town of Bridgepoint. The first story is that of «The Good Anna», about Anna Federner, a servant of «solid lower middle-class south german stock.» The second story is that of «Melanctha», who is the daughter of a black father and mixed-race mother. The third story is that of «The Gentle Lena», which follows the life and death of the titular Lena, a German girl brought to Bridgepoint by an aunt. To this is...
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Alice was an American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner Gertrude Stein. The book starts with Alice's days in San Francisco, before she moved to France, then describes her moving to Paris, meeting Gertrude, and starting their life together. The book had mixed reception, both among critics and Stein's friends, but the success of it was great. Today it is ranked it as one of the 20 greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th...
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This unique collection of Gertrude Stein's greatest poems, short stories & plays has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. THREE LIVES The Good Anna Melanctha The Gentle Lena TENDER BUTTONS Objects Food Rooms MATISSE, PICASSO AND GERTRUDE STEIN A Long Gay Book Many Many Women G.M.P. GEOGRAPHY AND PLAYS Susie Asado Ada Miss Furr and Miss Skeene A Collection France Americans Italians A Sweet Tail The History of Belmonte In the Grass England Mallorcan Stories Scenes...
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The trilogy Three Lives tells the story of three common women, living in Bridgepoint, a fictional town based on Baltimore. The three stories are independent of each other, but share much more than a same town. The First Story, «The Good Anna» tells the tale of life and death of a housekeeper Anna, and her difficulties with unreliable under servants and «stray dogs and cats». Although her job is hard and often quite dull, Anna remains happy with here green parrot that brings colors to her life....
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As the butch doyenne of the Parisian Salons, Gertrude Stein captures the heart of Picasso in that context and gives insights on how Picasso worked as an artist and why Cubism came about in the way that it did. Also, this portrait of Picasso contains pretty clear description of Cubism and reveals a lot about relationship between Picasso and Stein without revealing a lot of actual events in either of their lives. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art...
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The Making of Americans is a modernist novel that traces the genealogy, history, and psychological development of members of the fictional Hersland and Dehning families. Being ostensibly a history of three generations of and everyone they knew or knew them, the novel is a philosophical and poetic meditation on identity, on what it means to be human living an everyday, mundane life. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, best known for Three...
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Geography and Plays is a unique collection of poems, stories and plays and they present Gertrude Stein's stream-of-consciousness writings. These rhythmical essays or word portraits are often considered as literature's answer to Cubism. Table of Contents: Susie Asado Ada Miss Furr and Miss Skeene A Collection France Americans Italians A Sweet Tail The History of Belmonte In the Grass England Mallorcan Stories Scenes The King or Something Publishers, the Portrait Gallery, and the...
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Tender Buttons is the best known of Gertrude Stein's «hermetic» works. It consists of three sections titled «Objects», «Food», and «Rooms», which are further consisting of multiple poems covering the everyday mundane. Stein's experimental use of language renders the poems unorthodox and their subjects unfamiliar. Its first poem, «A Carafe, That Is a Blind Glass», is arguably the most famous, and is often cited as one of the quintessential works of Cubist literature. Rather than using...
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"Geography and Plays" by Gertrude Stein. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
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In der 1933 erschienenen Autobiografie von Alice B. Toklas schildert Gertrude Stein ihr Leben aus Sicht ihrer langjährigen Gefährtin, Muse und Sekretärin Alice Babette Toklas – ein Kunstgriff, um offener über sich selbst erzählen zu können. Im Mittelpunkt stehen ihre zahlreichen Begegnungen und Freundschaften mit einigen der berühmtesten Künstler und Intellektuellen der Zeit: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Djuna Barnes, Guillaume Apollinaire, Marie Laurencin, Ernest Hemingway, F....
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"Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein" by Gertrude Stein. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
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