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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Pagina 49
So they called the two little Mexican dogs Monsieur and Madame and Byron was
a son and a grandson . We called him Byron because he was to have as a wife
his sister or his mother and so we called him Byron . Poor little Byron his name ...
So they called the two little Mexican dogs Monsieur and Madame and Byron was
a son and a grandson . We called him Byron because he was to have as a wife
his sister or his mother and so we called him Byron . Poor little Byron his name ...
Pagina 115
Well how did I . Steins were called Steins in the time of Napoleon before that any
name was a name but in the time of Napoleon in any country he went through the
name of any one had to be written and so they took the name they gave them ...
Well how did I . Steins were called Steins in the time of Napoleon before that any
name was a name but in the time of Napoleon in any country he went through the
name of any one had to be written and so they took the name they gave them ...
Pagina 200
I dislike it when instead of saying Jew they say Hebrew or Israelite or Semite , I
do not like it and why should a Negro want to be called colored . Why should he
want to lose being a Negro to become a common thing with a Chinaman or a ...
I dislike it when instead of saying Jew they say Hebrew or Israelite or Semite , I
do not like it and why should a Negro want to be called colored . Why should he
want to lose being a Negro to become a common thing with a Chinaman or a ...
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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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Alice Toklas America anyway asked Autobiography began begin believe better Bilignin brother California called Carl certainly Chicago coming cook counting course dead deal decided drive earth eating England English everything exciting father feeling four France French funny gave give happen hear heard inside interesting kind knew known later lecture less listen living look Madame matter mean meet Mike mother move naturally never nice once painter painting Paris perhaps Picabia Picasso play pleasant pleased pleasure reason remember Saint seemed seen sometimes stay stop story street summer suppose surprised talk tell thing thought told took Trac trouble understand walking wanted wife woman worry writing written wrote York young
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Everybody's Autobiography G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Auteur | Gertrude Stein |
| Editie | geļllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Cooper Square Publishers, 1971 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Virginia |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 22 aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0815403860, 9780815403869 |
| Lengte | 318 pagina's |
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