Gertrude Stein

(noun)

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was an American writer, poet, and art collector who spent most of her life in France.

Related Terms

  • The Lost Generation
  • Ernest Hemingway

Examples of Gertrude Stein in the following topics:

  • The Lost Generation

    • Hemingway credits the phrase to Gertrude Stein, who was then his mentor and patron.
    • In his book, A Moveable Feast, published after Hemingway and Stein were both dead and their long-running literary feud finished, Hemingway reveals the phrase was actually originated by the garage owner who serviced Stein's car.
    • When a young mechanic failed to repair the car to her satisfaction, the garage owner told Stein that while young men were easy to train, he considered those in their mid-twenties to thirties, the men who had been through World War I, to be a lost generation, or "une génération perdue."
    • Telling Hemingway the story, Stein added, "That is what you are.
    • Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway's young son, Jack, in Paris, 1924.
  • Fauvism

    • The painting that was singled out for special condemnation, Matisse's Woman with a Hat, was subsequently bought by the major patrons of the avant-garde scene in Paris, Gertrude and Leo Stein .
    • This painting was rejected by critics when initially exhibited, but was soon acquired by avant-garde collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein.
  • Literature and the Depression

    • In 1933, Gertrude Stein published the memoirs of her Paris years, entitled The Autobiography of Alice B.
    • The advent of this book elevated Stein from the relative obscurity of a cult literary figure into the light of mainstream attention.
  • The Roaring Twenties

    • Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein.
  • Culture in the Thirties

    • Among American authors who in the 1930s wrote their usually more controversial or experimental and less realistic works were Gertrude Stein, who in 1933 published the memoir of her Paris years entitled The Autobiography of Alice B.
  • References

    • ., & Stein, B.
  • Making Concessions

    • His analysis of Hamlet's interactions with Gertrude, however, could benefit from further development. " This makes you seem like you gave fair consideration to Smith's article.
  • Project-Based Learning - What is it?

    • Project-Based Learning is a comprehensive instructional approach to engage learners in sustained, cooperative investigation (Bransford & Stein, 1993).
  • Bibliography

    • Stein. )
  • Photography in America

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