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Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), a pioneering modernist, remains one of the great innovators of language and form. This anthology collects fifty-one of Stein's most experimental poems, stories, portraits, and plays, and includes excerpts from such works as Matisse, Picasso, and Gertrude Stein with Two Shorter Stories; A Book Concluding with As a Wife Has a Cow, A Love Story; Geography and Plays; An Acquaintance with Description; and Useful Knowledge.
The extensive introduction provides a brief biography and explains the impact her work had on subsequent writers and artists.
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This anthology collects 51 of Stein's most experimental poems, stories, portraits, and plays.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-487).