Gertrude Stein in Europe : reconfigurations across media, disciplines and traditions / edited by Sarah Posman, Laura Luise Schultz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Posman, Sarah, editor.

Schultz, Laura Luise, 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--Criticism and interpretation.

Stein, Gertrude.

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.

Authors, American--20th century.

Authors, American.

Americans--Europe--History--20th century.

Americans.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Europe.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Summary:

Although often hailed as a "quintessentially American" writer, the modernist poet, novelist, and playwright Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) spent most of her life in France. With chapters written by leading international scholars, Gertrude Stein in Europe is the first sustained exploration of the European artistic and intellectual networks in which Stein's work was first developed and circulated. Along the way, the book investigates the European contexts of Stein's writing, how her own work intersected with European thought, including phenomenology and the vitalist work of Henri Bergson, and ultimately how it was received by scholars and artists across the continent. Gertrude Stein in Europe opens up new perspectives on Stein as a writer and on the centrality of artistic and intellectual networks to European modernism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Stein Encounters 23

1 Stein and Lived Experience / Ariane Mildenberg Mildenberg, Ariane 25

2 Picabia in Meditation / Mia You You, Mia 47

3 Sitwell Edith Sitwell: Stein and Sitwell in Echo / Franziska Gygax Gygax, Franziska 71

4 Triangular Politics: Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and Elisabeth de Gramont / Birgit Van Puymbroeck Puymbroeck, Birgit Van 85

Part 2 Mediations 105

5 Fluid Writing: Stein, James, and Bergson / Sarah Posman Posman, Sarah 107

6 Becoming American, Becoming Agrammatical: Reading Stein with Deleuze / Isabelle Alfandary Alfandary, Isabelle 129

7 Stein and Cinematic Identity / Abigail Lang Lang, Abigail 145

8 In Theory: Stein and Film Philosophy / Julian Murphet Murphet, Julian 165

Part 3 Stein Encountered 185

9 Concerning Gertrude Stein: Dreaming Translation / Marie-Claire Pasquier Pasquier, Marie-Claire, Alison Anderson Anderson, Alison 187

10 Gertrude Stein and her Critique of Dramatic Reason / Andrzej Wirth Wirth, Andrzej 201

11 The Missing Link: Stein between American and European Theater / Laura Luise Schultz Schultz, Laura Luise 213

12 A Trail of Roses: Stein's Legacies in 1960s Art / Tania Ørum Ørum, Tania 233

13 Portraitist Portrayed: Four Contemporary French Perspectives on Stein / Florine Leplâtre Leplâtre, Florine 253

14 Gertrude Stein Grammaticus / Jacques Roubaud Roubaud, Jacques, Jean-Jacques Poucel Poucel, Jean-Jacques 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474242288

1474242286

OCLC:

908085228