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Biography Literature

Gertrude Stein and the Present

Gertrude Stein and the Present Allegra Stewart Hardvard University Press 1967 Neither a biography nor a psychological study of Gertrude Stein, this book attempts to trace the development and expression of her thought. Through a close reading and analysis of Stein’s works, Allegra Stewart discovers a harmony among them that argues a profound personal experience. She sees…

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History Lesbian Literature

Lesbian Images: Gertrude Stein, Colette, Willa Cather, Elizabeth Bowen, and others

Lesbian Images Jane Rule Doubleday & Company 1975 Believing that love is best described in a work of art, Jane Rule has chosen for this study of lesbianism the work of brilliantly articulate lesbian writers such as Gertrude Stein, Colette, Vita Sachville West and Willa Cather. Her concern is to discover what images of lesbians…