Reading Gertrude Stein : Body, Text, Gnosis / Lisa Ruddick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruddick, Lisa, author.

Series:

Reading Women Writing Series

Reading Women Writing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 270 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Ruddick's interpretative study of Gertrude Stein breaks new ground in both Stein studies and poststructural theory, remaining accessible while rejecting neither indeterminate polysemy nor the thematic unity of 'idea.'... Through valuable interpretations of the major early Stein texts ('Melanctha,' The Making of Americans, G.M.P., and Tender Buttons), Ruddick details the 'serial acts of self-definition' of the modernist self in relation to William James, Freud, and the Bible.... Ruddick is authoritative in dealing with Stein's work, feminist theory, and the cultural phenomenon of modernism."-Choice

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "Melanctha": The Costs of Mind-Wandering

2. The Making of Americans: Modernism and Patricide

3. G.M.P. and Others: South to the Mother

4. Tender Buttons: Woman and Gnosis

Conclusion: Modernism and Sacrifice

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-265).

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ISBN:

9781501718595

1501718592

OCLC:

1080551640