Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms by Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein/narratorappears in Objects

Gertrude Stein is the author and narrator of "Tender Buttons: Objects, Food and Rooms." In "Objects," she redefines words based on their etymology and an analysis of the syllables. She chooses words for their prosody and juxtaposes them in order to subvert common denotations. Gertrude Stein believes that the words have lost much of their expressive force and uses an unlikely combination of words to redefine each word. "Tender...

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Gertrude Stein Biographies (6)

Gertrude Stein

954 words, approx. 4 pages

American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was a powerful literary force in the period around World War I. Although the ultimate value of her writing was a matter of debate, in its time it profoundly ... Read more

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13,478 words, approx. 45 pages

Just as the postimpressionists and cubists made us see paint and then made us see painting, Gertrude Stein made us see words and then made us see writing. Immensely various and wide-ranging, her work ... Read more

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13,075 words, approx. 44 pages

Gertrude Stein, who lived and wrote as though she knew she would be legendary, is more than that now: she is an icon. The image of Stein, sitting under the Picasso portrait of her in the living room a... Read more

Gertrude Stein

4,091 words, approx. 14 pages

In his introduction to Gertrude Stein's Four in America (1947) Thornton Wilder observed:She knew that she was a difficult and an idiosyncratic author. She pursued her aims, however, with such convict... Read more

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14,291 words, approx. 48 pages

Biography EssayJust as the postimpressionists and cubists made us see paint and then made us see painting, Gertrude Stein made us see words and then made us see writing. Immensely various and widerang... Read more

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Gertrude Stein/narratorappears in Objects

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Gertrude Stein