Makes available at reasonable cost Stein's 1922 collection. Preceding the original introduction by Sherwood Anderson is an "Introduction to the Achievement of Gertrude Stein" by Cyrena N. Pondrom, and an anaylsis of the contents of the work by style and chronology. Notes on the contents and dates, an index of works, and a bibliography follow the selections. Paper edition (unseen), ($14.95). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Geography and Plays is a 1922 collection of Gertrude Stein's "word portraits," or stream-of-consciousness writings. These stream-of-consciousness experiments, rhythmical essays or "portraits", were designed to evoke "the excitingness of pure being" and can be seen as literature's answer to Cubism, plasticity, and collage. Although the book has been described as "a marvellous and painstaking achievement in setting down approximately 80,000 words which mean nothing at all," it is considered to be one of Stein's seminal works. (summary by wildemoose and Wikipedia)
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Geography and Plays
Geography and Plays is a 1922 collection of Gertrude Stein's "word portraits," or stream-of-consciousness writings. These stream-of-consciousness experiments, rhythmical essays or "portraits", were designed to evoke "the excitingness of pure being" and can be seen as literature's answer to Cubism, plasticity, and collage. Although the book has been described as "a marvellous and painstaking achievement in setting down approximately 80,000 words which mean nothing at all," it is considered to be one of Stein's seminal works. (summary by wildemoose and Wikipedia)
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