Gertrude Stein, Modernism, and the Problem of 'Genius' / / Barbara Will.
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748611980);Gertrude Stein frequently called herself a genius, but what did this term really mean for her? Stein's claims to genius are legendary, appearing frequently throughout her texts and public lectures. Were they the signs of excessive egotism,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Works by Gertrude Stein
- Introduction
- Part I: Coming to Terms
- 1 In Search of a Subject: Knowledge and Excess in Stein’s Early Texts
- 2 Self-Naming, Self-Splitting: The Making of a Modernist “ Genius” in The Making of Americans and G.M.P.
- Part II: Congenial Fictions
- 3 “Masterpieces of Yes” : Talking and Listening in “To Call It a Day” and “Forensics”
- 4 Genii Locorum: Expatriate Resolutions in Useful Knowledge
- 5 From “Genius” to Celebrity: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas and Everybody’s Autobiography
- Coda: Warhol’s Stein
- Selected Bibliography
- Index