A Stein ReaderThis important collection presents Gertrude Stein for the first time in her brilliant modernity. Ulla E. Dydo's textual scholarship demonstrates Stein's constant questioning of convention, and A Stein Reader changes the balance of work in print, concentrating on Stein's experimental work and including many key works that are virtually unknown or unavailable. A Stein Reader includes unpublished work, such as the portrait "Article"; shows the astonishing stylistic change in the neglected "A Long Gay Book"; draws attention to the many unknown plays such as "Reread Another;" and offers fascinating portraits of Matisse, Picasso, and Sitwell. Illuminating headnotes bring out connections between pieces and provide invaluable keys to Stein's motifs and thought patterns. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Note on the Texts | 11 |
Contact Editions Maurice Darantikre 1925 HG 2 | 17 |
ADA December 1910 G P 1922 HG 13 | 100 |
TWO WOMEN 1911? Contact Collection of Contemporary Writers Paris 1925 HG 5 | 104 |
ORTA OR ONE DANCING 191112 TWO 1951 HG 7 | 120 |
MATISSE 1911 Camera Work August 1912 P P 1934 HG 28 | 137 |
NADELMAN 1911 Larus I no 4 July 1927 P P 1934 HG 37 | 144 |
MILDREDS THOUGHTS 1922 American Caravan 1927 RAB 1973 incomplete 3rd printing 1975 complete H G 261 | 356 |
A VALENTINE TO SHERWOOD ANDERSON December 1922 Little Review 9 Spring 1923 UK 1928 HG 277 | 376 |
A PLAY NovemberDecember 1922 O P 1932 HG 264 | 381 |
CAPITAL CAPITALS 1923 This Quarter 1 no 1 Summer 1925 New Music 20 no 3 April 1947 HG 287 415 | 415 |
CEZANNE 1923 P P 1934 HG 283 | 427 |
AN ELUCIDATION 1923 transition no 1 April 1927 P P 1934 HG 289 | 429 |
PRACTICE OF ORATORY 1923 PL 1955 HG 291 | 443 |
HE AND THEY HEMINGWAY July or early August 1923 Ex Libris I no 6 December 1923 P P 1934 HG 294 | 449 |
PLAY 1911? P P 1934 HG 31 | 147 |
BON MARCHE WEATHER Spring 1911 TWO 1951 HG 25 | 149 |
A LONG GAY BOOK 191112 GMP 1933 HG 32 | 151 |
MISS FURR AND MISS SKEENE 1911 G P 1 9 2 2 HG 27 | 254 |
PORTRAIT OF CONSTANCE FLETCHER 1911 and 1912 G P 1922 HG 23 | 260 |
A FIVE ACT PLAY April 1913 G P 1922 HG 52 | 268 |
CARL VAN VECHTEN June 1913 G P 1922 HG 53 | 273 |
ARTICLE 1913 HG 54 | 276 |
GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE 1913 DP 1930 P P 1934 HG 72 | 278 |
PINK MELON JOY 1915 G P 1922 HG 106 | 280 |
CURTAIN RAISER 1916 G P 1922 HG 129 | 306 |
ALRIGHT MAKE IT A SERIES AND CALL IT MARRY NETTIE 1917 PL 1955 HG 155 | 308 |
A REASONABLE TRAGEDY Spring 1919 G P 1922 HG 189 | 314 |
A STORY OF THE GREAT WAR 1919 G P 1922 HG 207 | 322 |
A PLAY IN CIRCLES MayJune 1920 LO P 1949 HG 228 | 326 |
A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS July 1920 LO P 1949 HG 222 | 343 |
A PLAY TO BE PLAYED INDOORS OR OUT I WISH TO BE A SCHOOL 1921 O P 1932 HG 257 | 347 |
A LOVE STORY September 1923 Paris Editions de la Galerie Simon 1926 transition no 3 June 1927 incomplete HG 295 | 451 |
GEOGRAPHY September 1923 PL 1955 HG 300 | 467 |
DESCRIPTIONS OF LITERATURE 1924 ASP 1926 transition no 13 Summer 1928 HG 322 | 471 |
SITWELL EDITH SITWELL 1925 In Composition as Explanation and other pieces 1926 P P 1934 HG 330 | 475 |
BUSINESS IN BALTIMORE 1925 UK 1928 HG 333 | 479 |
LIPCHITZ Late 1925 Ray Art Miscellany no 2 June 1927 P P 1934 HG 344 | 491 |
Hogarth Press 1926 HG 339 | 493 |
Seizin Press 1929 HG 342 | 504 |
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JUAN GRIS May 1927 transition no 4 July 1927 P P 1934 HG 361 | 535 |
GEORGE HUGNET Late summer 1928 Blues no 6 July 1929 DP 1930 P P 1934 HG 373 | 538 |
EVIDENCE Autumn 1929 Blues no 8 Spring 1930 incomplete Modem Things 1934 incomplete HG 392 | 541 |
MORE GRAMMAR FOR A SENTENCE Summer 1930 AFAM 1954 HG 399 | 547 |
HOW SHE BOWED TO HER BROTHER Fall 1931? transition no 21 March 1932 P P 1934 HG 431 | 564 |
STANZAS IN MEDITATION Selections SummerFall1932 SIM 1956 HG 451 | 568 |
IDENTITY A POEM Summer 1935 Masterpieces 1940 Rpt in PGU 1971 HG 486 | 588 |
DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS FebruaryJune 1938 LO P 1949 HG 515 | 595 |
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