Gertrude Stein - Premium Collection: 60+ Stories, Poems & Plays in One Volume (eBook)

Three Lives, Tender Buttons, Geography and Plays, Matisse, Picasso and Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
578 Seiten
DigiCat (Verlag)
859-654776886-9 (EAN)

Infos

In "Gertrude Stein - Premium Collection: 60+ Stories, Poems & Plays in One Volume," readers are invited to explore a comprehensive assembly of Stein's innovative writings that irrevocably altered the landscape of modern literature. This collection showcases her distinctive literary style, marked by a rhythmic, experimental approach that embraces the abstraction of language and form. Stein's avant-garde techniques resonate with the early 20th-century artistic movements that reshaped cultural paradigms, highlighting her centrality among contemporaries like Picasso and the Fauves. Through diverse narratives and poetic forms, she challenges conventional storytelling, compelling readers to engage in a multifaceted exploration of identity, perception, and time. Gertrude Stein, an American expatriate in Paris, was not only a literary pioneer but also a formidable social figure within the avant-garde community. Stein's unique upbringing and exposure to various artistic circles greatly informed her writing philosophy, fostering a radical reevaluation of grammatical norms and narrative structures. Her relationships with key literary and artistic figures of her time provided fertile ground for her innovative ideas, as she sought to create a new language that reflected modernity's complexities. This collection is highly recommended for readers interested in understanding the evolution of modernist literature and the artistic experimentation that emerged during the early 20th century. Stein's work invites readers to lose themselves in her revolutionary style, offering a rich and thought-provoking experience that remains profoundly relevant in today's literary discourse.

Autor

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector who resided for most of her life in France. She was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Oakland, California. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, becoming a key figure in the avant-garde community, and an avid supporter and mentor to many emerging artists and writers. Her Paris salon, shared with her life partner Alice B. Toklas, played host to influential figures such as Picasso, Matisse, and Hemingway. Stein's writing is characterized by its experimental use of language and stream-of-consciousness technique, a style that sought to capture the flow of thought and the complexity of human consciousness. Notable works include 'Three Lives' (1909), 'Tender Buttons' (1914), and 'The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas' (1933), which was written in the voice of Toklas, her companion. Stein's 'Premium Collection' encompasses a vast array of her literary endeavors, offering readers insight into the breadth and depth of her innovative stylistic approaches. Her role as a cultural icon and a pioneering figure in modernist literature marks her as an original and influential voice in the landscape of 20th-century literature.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.12.2023
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 20th century cultural shifts • 20th century literary figures • 20th century literature • American expatriate writers • avant-garde fiction • Avant-garde salon • avant-garde storytelling • Ayn Rand • Cubist influence • Cubist literature • cultural avant-garde movement • Dostoyevsky • drama and performance art • Emily Dickinson • Ernest Hemingway • Everybody Behaves Badly • Experimental poetry • experimental prose techniques • Experimental Writing • female literary innovator • female modernist poets • Gertrude Stein collections • Kafka • language and perception • literary innovation • Lost Generation authors • Modernist Literature • Modernist narrative style • Narrative deconstruction • Narrative Experimentation • nonlinear narrative structure • Parisian avant-garde • Poetic language exploration • stream-of-consciousness • The Sound and The Fury • Ulysses • Virginia Woolf • Walt Whitman