The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family's ProgressIn "The Making of Americans," Gertrude Stein sets out to tell "a history of a family's progress," radically reworking the traditional family saga novel to encompass her vision of personality and psychological relationships. As the history progresses over three generations, Stein also meditates on her own writing, on the making of "The Making of Americans," and on America. |
What people are saying - Write a review
The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family's Progress (American Literature Series)
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictFrom the "I can't believe this is out of print" file comes Stein's monster of a novel, which was initially serialized by Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford in the Transatlantic Review. Although Stein does ... Read full review
Contents
The Dehnings and the Herslands | 3 |
The Hersland Parents | 33 |
Mrs Hersland and the Hersland Children | 150 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acre place Alfred Hersland angry feeling anxious feeling attacking kind beginning believing big feeling bottom nature Bridgepoint certainly clearly thinking complete history completely interested daily living David Hersland dead Dehning family living describing dress-making early living eating emotion ending engulfing everything existing father girl going Gossols governess happened hearing Hersland children Hersland family Hissen honest impatient feeling important feeling independent dependent kind injured feeling James Flint Julia Dehning Julia Hersland kind of men knew later living learning listening little description loving feeling loving repeating Mabel Linker Madeleine Wyman married living Martha Hersland Mary Maxworthing meaning middle living millions Miss Charles Miss Dounor mother needing never older perhaps pleasant pletely puzzling queer realising religion remembering resisting kind rich saying sense for living sensitive servants sister slowly sometimes strong stupid succeeding in living tainly talking telling understanding wanting wife woman young living
References to this book
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family's Progress American Literature (Dalkey Archive) Series American literature series Dalkey Arhive paperbacks |
| Author | Gertrude Stein |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Dalkey Archive Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1564780880, 9781564780881 |
| Length | 925 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Family Life |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |