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The Woman Upstairs
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Library of America #100: Stein: Writings 1932-1946: 1932-1946, Volume 2

ISBN13: 9781883011413
ISBN10: 1883011418
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864 pp. 4,000 print.

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Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874, to an affluent Jewish family, spent her early childhood in Vienna and Paris, and later grew up in Oakland, California. 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 forty 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 Appollinaire. Her first important book was Three Lives (1909), then Tender Buttons (1914), followed by her magnum opus, The Making of Americans (1925), and the book which became a huge popular success, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933). Just before her death at the age of 72 on July 27, 1946, she asked Alice Toklas from her hospital bed, “What is the answer?” Getting no answer, she then asked, “In that case, what is the question?”

Stanzas in meditation — Lectures in America — The geographical history of America — Ida — Brewsie and Willie — Other works.

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: juliad, March 5, 2013 (view all comments by juliad)
stein is an underrated classic, and her "lectures in america" are a great way to gain insight on how to approach her less accessible works.
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ISBN:: 9781883011413
Editor:: Stimpson, Catharine R.
Editor:: Stimpson, Catherine
Editor:: Stimpson, Catharine R.
Author:: Stein, Gertrude
Author:: Stimpson, Catherine
Publisher:: Library of America
Location:: New York :
Subject:: American - General
Subject:: Collected works (single author, multi-form)
Subject:: Classics
Subject:: Literary Criticism : General
Edition Description:: B-Hardcover
Series:: Library of America (Hardcover)
Series Volume:: 55C100
Publication Date:: 19980301
Binding:: Hardback
Grade Level:: from 12
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 864
Dimensions:: 8.12x5.19x1.11 in. 1.24 lbs.
Age Level:: from 18

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