Gertrude Stein, Modernism, and the Problem of 'Genius'

by Barbara Will

Gertrude Stein frequently called herself a genius, but what did this term really mean for her? Stein's claims to genius are legendary, appearing frequently throughout her texts and public lectures. Were they the signs of excessive egotism, of desperate self-advertisement, or of something else entirely? This book examines the centrality and the specificity of the idea of 'genius' to Stein's work and to the aesthetic ideals and contradictory intellectual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748611983
• ISBN13: 9780748611980
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher