TY - BOOK AU - Stein,Gertrude AU - Van Vechten,Carl AU - Dupee,F.W. TI - Selected writings of Gertrude Stein SN - 0394717104 AV - PS3537.T323 A6 1972 PY - 1972/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Lesbians' writings, American KW - 20th century KW - Feminism and literature KW - American drama KW - American poetry KW - Short stories, American KW - Drama KW - lcgft KW - Poetry KW - Biographies KW - Fiction KW - Short stories N1 - Reprint. Originally published: Selected writings. New York : Modern Library, c1962; A message from Gertrude Stein --; General introduction; by F.W. Dupee --; A Stein song / by Carl Van Vechten --; The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas --; The gradual making of The making of Americans --; The making of Americans : selected passages --; Three portraits of painters : Cezanne ; Matisse ; Picasso --; Melanctha : each one as she may --; Tender buttons --; Composition as explanation --; Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia --; Have they attacked Mary, he giggled : a political caricature --; As a wife has a cow : a love story --; Two poems : Susie Asado ; Presciosilla --; Two plays : Ladies' voices ; What happened --; Miss Fur and Miss Skeene --; A sweet tail : Gypsies --; Four saints in three acts --; The winner loses : a picture of occupied France --; The coming of the Americans : from Wars I have seen; Wilson, R.A. Stein (1994 edition); A40b N2 - "This collection, a retrospective exhibit of the work of a woman who created a unique place for herself in the world of letters, contains a sample of practically every period and every manner in Gertrude Stein's career. It includes The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in its entirety; selected passages from The Making of Americans; "Melanctha"from Three Lives; portraits of the painters Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso; Tender Buttons; the opera Four Saints in Three Acts; and poem, plays, lectures, articles, sketches, and a generous portion of her famous book on the Occupation of France, Wars I Have Seen. -- Google Books ER -