A Stein Reader

This important collection presents Gertrude Stein for the first time in her brilliant modernity. Ulla E. Dydo’s textual scholarship demonstrates Stein’s constant questioning of convention, and A Stein Reader changes the balance of work in print, concentrating on Stein’s experimental work and including many key works that are virtually unknown or unavailable.

A Stein Reader includes unpublished work, such as the portrait Article ; shows the astonishing stylistic change in the neglected A Long Gay Book ; draws attention to the many unknown plays such as Reread Another; and offers fascinating portraits of Matisse, Picasso, and Sitwell. Illuminating headnotes bring out connections between pieces and provide invaluable keys to Stein’s motifs and thought patterns.