Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

In the 1950s, Yale University Press published a number of Gertrude Stein's posthumous works, among them her incomparable Stanzas in Meditation. Since that time, scholars have discovered that Stein's poem exists in several versions: a manuscript that Stein wrote and two typescripts that her partner Alice B. Toklas prepared. Toklas’s work on the second typescript changed the poem when, enraged upon detecting in it references to a former lover, she not only adjusted the typescript but insisted that Stein make revisions in the original manuscript. This edition of Stanzas in Meditation is the first to confront the complicated story of its composition and revision. Through meticulous archival work, the editors present a reliable reading text of Stein's original manuscript, as well as an appendix with the textual variants among the poem's several versions. This record of Stein's multi-layered revisions enables readers to engage more fully with the author's radically experimental poem and also to detect the literary impact of Stein's relationship with Toklas. The editors’ preface and poet Joan Retallack’s introduction offer insight into the complexities of reading Stein's poetry and the innovative modes of reading that her works require and generate. Students and admirers of Stein will welcome this illuminating new contribution to Stein’s oeuvre. Susannah Hollister is ACLS New Faculty Fellow, University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Austin, TX. Emily Setina is an assistant professor of English at Baylor University. She lives in Waco, TX.

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Gertrude Stein discusses La autobiografía de Alice B.Toklas.

Actividad dirigida a los amantes de la lectura que quieran intercambiar ideas y opiniones sobre un libro relacionado con el arte. La novela propuesta es La autobiografía de Alice B.Toklas de la escritora Gertrude Stein. Ana Arregi dinamizará estos encuentros. Jarduera hau, artearekin zerikusia duen liburu baten inguruan ideiak eta iritziak trukatu nahi dituzten irakurleei zuzendurik dago. Proposaturiko nobela Gertrude Stein-en La autobiografía de Alice B.Toklas da. Ana Arregi izango da saio hauen (Biblioteca-Artium-08)… (more)