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Three lives
Title
Three lives / by Gertrude Stein ; introduction by Carl Van Vechten.
Publication
Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, [1933]
Manufacture
[Binghampton, N.Y.] : Manufactured by the Vail-Ballou Press.
Copyright Notice Date
©1933
Physical Description
xi, 279 pages ; 19 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Tanselle Z40 0319: Dust jacket. Monogram bookplate: GTT [G. Thomas Tanselle]. Accompanied by newspaper clipping with "Books alive" by Vincent Starrett and photo of Carl Van Vechten, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
BEIN 2023 3107: Dust jacket. Bookplate of Julian D. Beck. Blind stamp of Julian Beck and Judith Malina. From the Living Theatre records.
Notes
Dust jacket art by Alvin Lustig.
Series numbering from dust jacket.
Summary
Throughout Three Lives, in which "The Good Anna" appears, Gertrude Stein explores the heterosexual and lesbian relationships of three common women, Anna, Melanctha, and Lena. In her attempts to capture the thoughts and consciousness of these women, Stein uses a number of stylistic innovations that contributed significantly to the development of modernism, influencing such writers as Ernest Hemingway. In "The Good Anna," for example, Stein employs inverted grammatical patterns, repetition, and simple language to characterize Anna, the protagonist, as a stubborn, matter-of-fact, hardworking German immigrant. At the same time, the ironic and understated narration, which creates a humor that is often incongruous with the story's events, suggests some of Stein's larger social criticisms.
Variant and related titles
3 lives
Other formats
Online version: Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Three lives. Norfolk, Conn., New Directions [1941]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
The new classics ; [NC3]
Contents
The good Anna
Melanctha
The gentle Lena.
References
Wilson, R.A. Gertrude Stein, A1h
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Fictional Work
Fiction
Fiction.
Short stories.
Also listed under
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Vail-Ballou Press, printer.
United States Connecticut Norfolk.
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