This essential second volume captures the triumphant and experimental later years of one of twentieth-century literature’s most radical innovators. The anthology opens with the dense, abstract poetic sequence Stanzas in Meditation and features major works such as Ida, Lectures in America, and her book-length study Picasso. Crucially for queer and feminist studies, the collection also compiles her brilliant theatrical works, including Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights and her famous opera The Mother of Us All—a vibrant collaboration with composer Virgil Thomson celebrating the life of women’s rights pioneer Susan B. Anthony. Complete with extensive scholarly notes by Chessman and Stimpson, this compendium maps Stein’s enduring linguistic subversions and her navigation of life in occupied France alongside her lifelong partner, Alice B. Toklas.
Details
| ISBN: 9781883011413 |
| Subtitle: Writings 1932-1946 |
| Genre: Literary Collection (Single Author); Literary Collections |
| Subject(s): Fiction / Classics; FICTION / Literary; Literary Collections / General |
| Publication Date: 1998-03-01 |
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| Publisher: Library of America |
| Language: English |
| Format: Hardcover |
| Pages: 844 |
| Rating: Good |
| Notes: Gertrude Stein: Writings 1932–1946 (1998) is a definitive, non-fiction literary collection selected and edited by scholars Catharine R. Stimpson and Harriet Chessman. The volume explicitly chronicles and analyzes the radical modernism, linguistic abstraction, and personal relationships of iconic queer avant-garde writer Gertrude Stein, containing foundational works that address female partnership, same-sex desire, and historical women’s liberation. |
| Book_ID: 107943 |