Gertrude Stein and the making of Jewish modernism / Amy Feinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feinstein, Amy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Literature).

Jews in literature.

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

Stein, Gertrude.

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--Literary style.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [2020]

Summary:

"Challenging the assumption that modernist writer Gertrude Stein seldom integrated her Jewish identity and heritage into her work, this book uncovers Stein's constant and varied writing about Jewish topics throughout her career. Amy Feinstein argues that Judaism was central to Stein's ideas about modernity, showing how Stein connects the modernist era to the Jewish experience"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Stein Era

An Israel of the Imagination: The Sciences of Race, Matthew Arnold, and Stein's Modern Jew

Brother Singulars: The "Hidden Tradition" of Jewish Culture in Stein's First Fictions

"So much like a yid:" An Associative Genealogy of Jewish Types in the Notebooks for The Making of Americans

Pariah Modernism: Estranging Narration in The Making of Americans

"Can a Jew be wild": A Radical Jewish Grammar in the Voices Poems

"Everybody can persecute anybody": What's Funny about Jewish identity in Wars I Have Seen

Conclusion: Making Sense of a Sensationally Jewish Stein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5845-7

0-8130-5742-6

OCLC:

1112142003