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Synopsis
More than any other writer, Gertrude Stein reflects the 20th century revolt from the fine arts. Like her friends Braque and Picasso, she broke with convention to let medium triumph over subject. This anthology presents the best and most accessible of her startling creative achievements including "What is English Literature" and "What Are Master Pieces and Why are There so Few of Them"; "Portraits" of Henry James, Picasso and Matisse; two long stories, two short plays and her poem "Before the Flowers of Friendship Faded," amongst many other important pieces.
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Gertrude Stein was a renowned patron of the arts, acquiring pictures by Cézanne, Renoir, Gauguin, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, and contemporary artists such as Picasso and Braque. She was the author of The Making of Americans, QED, and Three Lives.
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"Twentieth-century literature IS Gertrude Stein. The four big American writers are Poe, Whitman, James, and myself. The line of descent is clear."
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Gertrude Stein: writings and lectures 1911-1945. Edited by Patricia Meyerowitz. Introduction by Elizabeth Sprigge
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London: Peter Owen, 1967
ISBN 10: 072060060X
ISBN 13: 9780720600605
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Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper price-clipped and worn. From the library of the poet David Gascoyne, with the Gascoyne library book-label and inscribed by Elizabeth Sprigge, "David from Elizabeth November 1969"; with Gascoyne's few marginal markings in the text. The title by which this book came to be known is Look at Me Now and Here I Am. Indeed, this title appears on the dustwrapper (and it was under this title that the book was reviewed in, e.g., The Times and the TLS) - though not on the spine or the title-page. Seller Inventory # G101778
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Writings and lectures 1911-1945.
Published by
Owen, London, 1967
ISBN 10: 072060060X
ISBN 13: 9780720600605
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, Australia
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hard cover with dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. front. (port.) ; 22 1/2 cm. Bibliography: p. [414]-418. 418 pages VG/VG. Light soiling and edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket, small stain on front and spine of dust jacket from label removal, light foxing to outer pages and page edges, overall very good condition. Seller Inventory # 16524
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