Geography and Plays

Gertrude Stein

Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 1999 - Literary Collections - 419 pages

From one of the modern era's most influential and boldly experimental writers — a generous collection of poems, stories and plays — all dating from 1910–1920. Wide range of the author's styles reveal Stein as philosopher, poet, portraitist, dramatist and short story writer, as the investigator of the nature of language, and much more. Superb sampling of works drew attention to the artistic avant-garde movements of the early 20th century and introduced new directions in experimental writing.

Contents

• SUSIE ASADO: 13
• FRANCE: 27
• ITALIANS: 46
• A SWEET TAIL GYPSIES: 65
• ENGLAND: 82
• MALLORCAN STORIES: 96
• THE KING OR SOMETHING THE PUBLIC IS INVITED: 122
• ROCHE: 141
• MRS WHITEHEAD: 154
• JOHNNY GREY: 167
• ONE VAN VECHTEN: 199
• Do LET US Go Away A Play: 215
• FOR THE COUNTRY ENTIRELY A Play in Letters: 227
• TURKEY BONES AND EATING AND WE LIKED: 239
• EVERY AFTERNOON A Dialogue: 254
• CAPTAIN WALTER ARNOLD A Play: 260
• HE SAID IT Monologue: 267
• COUNTING HER DRESSES A Play: 275
• LIKE IT TO BE A PLAY A Play: 286
• BONNE ANNEE A Play: 302
• A FAMILY OF PERHAPS THREE: 331
• WORK AGAIN: 392
• TOURTY OR TOURTEBATTRE: 401
• AND ASK ASIA: 407
• THE PSYCHOLOGY OF NATIONS OR WHAT ARE: 416

About the author

Famous writer Gertrude Stein was born on February 3, 1874 in Allegheny, PA and was educated at Radcliffe College and Johns Hopkins medical school. Stein wrote Three Lives, The Making of Americans, and Tender Buttons, all of which were considered difficult for the average reader. She is most famous for her opera Four Saints in Three Acts and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, which was actually an autobiography of Stein herself. With her companion Alice B. Toklas, Stein received the French government's Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise for theory work with the American fund for French Wounded in World War I. Gertrude Stein died in Neuilly-ser-Seine, France on July 27, 1946.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Geography and Plays; Dover books on literature and drama
• Author: Gertrude Stein
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 1999
• ISBN: 0486408744, 9780486408743
• Length: 419 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / General