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Re-Embroidering the Robe: Faith, Myth and Literary Creation since 1850
American Literary Scholarship (2009) doi 10.1215/00659142-1264819 © 2011 by Duke University Press a theory may be, it should above all enable readers to better understand and appreciate a literary work. i Gertrude Stein In her compact critical biography Gertrude Stein (Reaktion) Lucy Daniel covers the years of Steinâs youth in America sufficiently to support her many claims. Steinâs expatriate Parisian years are well accounted for as is the war period she spent in a French village. Daniel also portrays Alice B. Toklas well without minimizing her importance as Steinâs consultant or overwriting her relationship as Steinâs âspouse.â Her discussion of selected writings is clear and informative; those on such major works as The Making of Americans and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas are especially rewarding. Daniel often illuminates Steinâs puzzling statements by explaining that the author uses the words for themselves rather than their meaning in any given context. Stein enjoyed open-endedness, she says, and âsaw no other way to write or live. . . . There is nothing final about it.â âHer work was an exploration of indeterminacyâ; because she created her own life in it, separating them is virtually impossible. Despite lacking a useful table
American Literary Scholarship – Duke University Press
Published: Jan 1, 2011
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