Making of Americans (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) - Softcover

Stein, Ms Gertrude

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564780880 ISBN 13: 9781564780881

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 1995

Synopsis

In "The Making of Americans," Gertrude Stein sets out to tell "a history of a family's progress," radically reworking the traditional family saga novel to encompass her vision of personality and psychological relationships. As the history progresses over three generations, Stein also meditates on her own writing, on the making of "The Making of Americans," and on America.

About this title

About the Author:

Gertrude Stein (1874 1946) was born in Pittsburgh to a prosperous German-Jewish family. She was educated in France and the United States, worked under the pioneering psychologist William James, and later studied medicine. With her brother Leo she was an important patron of the arts, acquiring works by many contemporary artists, most famously Picasso, while her home became a popular meeting place for writers and painters from Matisse to Hemingway. Her books include Three Lives, Tender Buttons, and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

From Library Journal:

From the "I can't believe this is out of print" file comes Stein's monster of a novel, which was initially serialized by Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford in the Transatlantic Review. Although Stein does not follow convention, the plot portrays three generations of an American family. An abridged edition was released in 1934, but this is a facsimile of the original text published in Paris in 1925 by Robert McAlmon's Contact Editions. Essential for all literature collections.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1564780880
• ISBN 13: 9781564780881
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 926