Gertrude Stein and Wallace Stevens
Subtitle: the performance of modern consciousness
By: Sara J. Ford.
Series: Studies in major literary authors ;; v. 14
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.; Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.; James, William, 1842-1910 -- Influence.; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Modernism (Literature) -- United States.; Performing arts in literature.; Consciousness in literature.; Self in literature.
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-125) and index.
Table of contents: title: Consciousness ungrounded : William James and modernist expression; title: Relationships in a landscape : Stein's operas and plays and the investigation into modern consciousness; title: Language as a blind glass : artistic expression as performance in Stein's Tender buttons; title: Stevens' verse plays : the drama of the mind; title: Willful illusions : Stevens' poetry and the performance of poetic consciousness.