ENGENDERING AMERICAN GENIUS

it is easy to read the autobiography as you would read any other book because of how simply stein wrote compared to her other works. its because of this that i feel like it is quite easy to miss the details and nuances that stein implements throughout this work and I noticed while reading visual… Continue reading Visual Economics of Queer Desire in Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

This piece was really interesting to read as it kind of outlines the path of acceptance Stein had as a queer women. between each exhibition the catalos grew more and more progressive in mentioning and talking about Steins relationship and how important it was to the art she collected. In earlier exhibitions Alice was either… Continue reading Thoughts on “Curating Gertrude Stein: Identity Politics In The Exhibition Catalog” Hayden Hunt

“stein has insisted that her recongnition be founded on the literary vaule of her writing.” (Gertrude Stein in the American Market place, 2) “rethinking the fundamental bases of english literary expression. In isolation from her native lingustic and cultural environment” “dismissed by large commercial printing…as incomprehensible and unintelligible” “frustrated by her inability to find any… Continue reading Interesting quotes from Gertrude Stein in the American MarketPlace

I found it extremely helpful that my tablemate and friend in the class, Amber, was writing about a very similar topic to me on this essay. We have had similar interests in our papers throughout the year, but in this essay specifically, we had a lot of overlap in our topics. By reading each other’s… Continue reading Comparing Papers

Throughout this class, I feel like I have gotten a lot better at writing at length. It used to be so difficult for me, and it still is somewhat, to sit down and just write several pages. But, because of this class and being tasked to write long essays, I feel like I have gotten… Continue reading Writing Process

I have used this example of Stein’s work many times now. I think I was initially drawn to it because of how shocking it is to read for the first time. As I began to dissect it and look at it for all of my essays, I started to see its significance, and why its… Continue reading Miss Furr and Miss Skeene

In writing my essay, I’ve come to the point where I need to choose if the paper will be more chronological, or more focused on specific words. Also whether the essay is more about Gertrude Stein herself, or about her work. I have decided that the paper will focus more on the chronological aspect, as… Continue reading Blog Post- Unit 3