Gertrude Stein and the Making of an American Celebrity
Karen. Leick
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (507 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The 1910s: Experimental Art and the American Public; 3. The 1920s: Modernism and the Mainstream Press; 4. The 1930s: Bestselling Modernism; Conclusion: Stein and Hollywood; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. - This book is a cultural history of Stein's rise to fame and the function of literary celebrity in America from 1910 to 1935. By examining not the ways that Stein portrayed the popular in her work, but the ways the popular portrayed her, this study shows that there was an intimate relationship between literary modernism and mainstream culture and that modernist writers and texts were much more well-known than has been previously acknowledged. Specifically, Leick reveals through the case study of Stein that the relationship between mass culture and modernism in America was less antagonistic,
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| Emner | Stein, Gertrude, , 1874-1946 - Criticism and interpretation.
Stein, Gertrude - Criticism and interpretation. Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century. |
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| ISBN | 0-203-36175-X. - 0-203-40295-2. - 0-415-28443-0. - 1-134-45322-1. - 1-136-60345-X. - 1-136-60346-8. - 1-280-21778-2. - 1-283-88518-2. - 9786610217786
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