Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein

Look inside
$22.00 US
Knopf | Vintage
12 per carton
On sale Mar 17, 1990 | 978-0-679-72464-3
Sales rights: US, Canada, Open Mkt
"This collection, a retrospective exhibit of the work of a woman who created a unique place for herself in the world of letters, contains a sample of practically every period and every manner in Gertrude Stein's career. It includes The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in its entirety; selected passages from The Making of Americans; "Melanctha"from Three Lives; portraits of the painters Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso; Tender Buttons; the opera Four Saints in Three Acts; and poem, plays, lectures, articles, sketches, and a generous portion of her famous book on the Occupation of France, Wars I Have Seen.
A Message from Gertrude Stein
General Introduction by F. W. Dupee
A Stein Song by Carl van Vechten

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

The Gradual Making of The Making of Americans

The Making of Americans (Selected Passages)

Three Portraits of Painters:
      Cezanne
      Matisse
      Picasso

Melanctha:  Each One as She May

Tender Buttons

Composition as Explanation

Portrait of Mabel Dodge at Villa Curonia

Have They Attacked Mary.  He Giggled (A Political Caricature)

As a Wife Has a Cow:  A Love Story

Two Poems:
     Susie Asado
     Preciosilla

Two Plays:
     Ladies' Voices
     What Happened

Miss Furr and Miss Skeene

A Sweet Tail (Gypsies)

Four Saints in Three Acts

The Winner Loses:  A Picture of Occupied France

The Coming of the Americans (from Wars I Have Seen)

About

"This collection, a retrospective exhibit of the work of a woman who created a unique place for herself in the world of letters, contains a sample of practically every period and every manner in Gertrude Stein's career. It includes The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in its entirety; selected passages from The Making of Americans; "Melanctha"from Three Lives; portraits of the painters Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso; Tender Buttons; the opera Four Saints in Three Acts; and poem, plays, lectures, articles, sketches, and a generous portion of her famous book on the Occupation of France, Wars I Have Seen.

Table of Contents

A Message from Gertrude Stein
General Introduction by F. W. Dupee
A Stein Song by Carl van Vechten

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

The Gradual Making of The Making of Americans

The Making of Americans (Selected Passages)

Three Portraits of Painters:
      Cezanne
      Matisse
      Picasso

Melanctha:  Each One as She May

Tender Buttons

Composition as Explanation

Portrait of Mabel Dodge at Villa Curonia

Have They Attacked Mary.  He Giggled (A Political Caricature)

As a Wife Has a Cow:  A Love Story

Two Poems:
     Susie Asado
     Preciosilla

Two Plays:
     Ladies' Voices
     What Happened

Miss Furr and Miss Skeene

A Sweet Tail (Gypsies)

Four Saints in Three Acts

The Winner Loses:  A Picture of Occupied France

The Coming of the Americans (from Wars I Have Seen)