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The letters of Gertrude Stein and Carl Van Vechten, 1913-1946

By Stein , Edward , Gertrude; Van Vechten , Carl; Stein , Carl; Burns

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
978-0-231-51901-4, 023151901X, 978-0-231-06309-8
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
20 MB (20642343 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Both in her lifetime and since, Gertrude Stein's persona received far more attention than her writings. The result was a distorted view of both her person and her work. This monumental two-volume set of her correspondence with Carl Van Vechten, the critic novelist, and photographer, offers new insight into Stein's life, her art, and the intellectual and artistic milieu of Paris. These letters also follow Van Vechten's various careers: particularly his championship of the Harlem Renaissance. The existing biographies of Stein, and even her own autobiographical writings, omit a great deal. W. Read more... Abstract: Both in her lifetime and since, Gertrude Stein's persona received far more attention than her writings. The result was a distorted view of both her person and her work. This monumental two-volume set of her correspondence with Carl Van Vechten, the critic novelist, and photographer, offers new insight into Stein's life, her art, and the intellectual and artistic milieu of Paris. These letters also follow Van Vechten's various careers: particularly his championship of the Harlem Renaissance. The existing biographies of Stein, and even her own autobiographical writings, omit a great deal. W

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