Everybody's AutobiographyEverybodys Autobiography is among the very best of Gertrudes writing--[it] speaks with the true and original voice of Gertrude Stein, without apparent art or bravado. --Janet Hobhouse~In 1937, Gertrude Stein wrote a sequel to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but this darker and more complex work was long misunderstood and neglected. An account of her experiences as a result of writing a bestseller, Everybodys Autobiography is as funny and engaging as The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but it is also a searing meditation on the meaning of success and identity in America. Posing as the representative American, Stein transforms her story into history--responding to the tradition of Thoreau and Henry Adams, she writes: "I used to be fond of saying that America, which was supposed to be a land of success, was a land of failure. Most of the great men in America had a long life of early failure and a long life of later failure." Everybodys Autobiography is Stein at her most accessible and her most serious, and may yet prove to be among her most popular books. |
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army o was I to do in America when I got there . After all I am American all right .
Being there does not make me more there . And besides we had had the whole
American army over here and it had been natural to be with them and they were ...
army o was I to do in America when I got there . After all I am American all right .
Being there does not make me more there . And besides we had had the whole
American army over here and it had been natural to be with them and they were ...
Pagina 182
In going to Philadelphia we first saw again the wooden houses the American
wooden houses and American graveyards and American country . We went to
Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr and we stayed at Bryn Mawr . The male professors
were ...
In going to Philadelphia we first saw again the wooden houses the American
wooden houses and American graveyards and American country . We went to
Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr and we stayed at Bryn Mawr . The male professors
were ...
Pagina 183
That is one thing any American can do he can put windows in a building and
wherever they are they are interesting . Windows in a building are the most
interesting thing in America . It is hard to remember them because they are so
interesting .
That is one thing any American can do he can put windows in a building and
wherever they are they are interesting . Windows in a building are the most
interesting thing in America . It is hard to remember them because they are so
interesting .
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EVERYBODY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Gebruikersrecensie - KirkusRead this fast, with no stops, no emphases, an unmodulated tone, and it is intelligible. Stop and think and you lose your way. But for the Stein fans, Gertrude Stein is as she is and they like her ... Volledige review lezen
Everybody's Autobiography
Gebruikersrecensie - Not Available - Book VerdictThis marks the pioneer modernist's second title to be recently reprinted ( Geography and Plays , Classic Returns, LJ 1/94), indicating perhaps a Stein renaissance. Stein knew everybody who was anybody ... Volledige review lezen
Inhoudsopgave
What happened after The Autobiography | 9 |
of the Autobiography | 39 |
Preparations for going to America | 84 |
Copyright | |
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