The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Carl Van Vechten, 1913-1946 / Carl Van Vechten, Gertrude Stein; Edward Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946, author.

Van Vechten, Carl, author.

Contributor:

Burns, Edward, editor.

Series:

NONE

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--Correspondence.

Stein, Gertrude.

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964--Correspondence.

Van Vechten, Carl.

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.

Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence.

Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.

Stein, Gertrude, -- 1874-1946--Correspondence.

Van Vechten, Carl, -- 1880-1964--Correspondence.

Local Subjects:

Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence.

Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.

Stein, Gertrude, -- 1874-1946--Correspondence.

Van Vechten, Carl, -- 1880-1964--Correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (919 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monumental collection of correspondence between Gertrude Stein and critic, novelist, and photographer Carl Van Vechten provides crucial insight into Stein's life, art, and artistic milieu as well as Van Vechten's support of major cultural projects, such as the Harlem Renaissance. From their first meeting in 1913, Stein and Van Vechten formed a unique and powerful relationship, and Van Vechten worked vigorously to publish and promote Stein's work. Existing biographies of Stein-including her own autobiographical writings-omit a great deal about her experiences and thought. They lack the ordinary detail of what Stein called "daily everyday living": the immediate concerns, objects, people, and places that were the grist for her writing. These letters not only vividly represent those details but also showcase Stein and Van Vechten's private selves as writers. Edward Burns's extensive annotations include detailed cross-referencing of source materials.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Letters

1913- 1926

1926-1931

1931-1935

1935-1937

1937-1940

1940-1945

1945-1946

Coda

Undated Letters

Appendix A: The First Meeting of Gertrude Stein and Carl Van Vechten

Appendix B: An Unpublished Portrait of Carl Van Vechten by Gertrude Stein

Principal Works of Gertrude Stein

Principal Works of Carl Van Vechten

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-51901-X

OCLC:

855502911