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Narration
Gertrude Stein
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Description for Narration
Paperback. Reveals the writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the English language - in particular, its American variant. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Newly famous in the wake of the publication of her groundbreaking "Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas", Gertrude Stein delivered her "Narration" lectures to packed audiences at the University of Chicago in 1935. Stein had not been back to her home country since departing for France in 1903, and her remarks reflect on the changes in American culture after thirty years abroad. In Stein's trademark experimental prose, "Narration" reveals the legendary writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the ... Read more
Newly famous in the wake of the publication of her groundbreaking "Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas", Gertrude Stein delivered her "Narration" lectures to packed audiences at the University of Chicago in 1935. Stein had not been back to her home country since departing for France in 1903, and her remarks reflect on the changes in American culture after thirty years abroad. In Stein's trademark experimental prose, "Narration" reveals the legendary writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226771540
SKU
V9780226771540
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About Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was one of the most important American literary modernists. She is the author of many books, including The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas and Three Lives.
Reviews for Narration
"Gertrude Stein meant [these lectures] to be provocative and playful, and most importantly, to give pleasure." - Liesl M. Olson, from the "Foreword" "Narration is a treasure waiting to be rediscovered and pirated by jolly marauders of sparkling texts." - Catharine Stimpson, New York University.