Inspired by major events like the World Wars, Gertrude Stein was able to become an outstanding and influential author in her time and to this day.
Gertrude Stein was born on February 3, 1874 in Allegheny, Pittsburgh, PA and later moved to Paris, France where her career embarked. She went to Radcliffe College where she studied psychology with William James, who influenced a lot of Gertrude Stein’s ideas. Stein later graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1898. After moving to Paris, she was able to publish her first book, Three Lives, in 1909. Later on she published other books including Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms (1914) and The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family’s Progress (1925). Much of Gertrude Stein’s work had a lot of Cubism and included techniques of …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald who she greatly influenced. Gertrude Stein was also able to publish The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in 1933 which was Gertrude Stein’s only commercial success and written in the perspective of her partner Alice B. Toklas.
Stein did a lecture tour of the United States in 1934 which was very successful, but she later went back to France, where she stayed until the end of World War II. Many Americans visited Gertrude Stein after the liberation of Paris in 1944 and she later wrote librettos for operas like The Mother of Us All (1947) by Virgil Thomson.
As mentioned before The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was one of Gertrude Stein’s only commercial successes and one her bestsellers. The book talks about the experiences of Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas between both World War I and World War II. The autobiography was also written in the perspective of Toklas and it allowed Gertrude Stein to be able to explore her life. It talks about many modern artists and modern art which made the book very popular and another bestseller for Stein as
Gertrude Stein was born on February 3, 1874 in Allegheny, Pittsburgh, PA and later moved to Paris, France where her career embarked. She went to Radcliffe College where she studied psychology with William James, who influenced a lot of Gertrude Stein’s ideas. Stein later graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1898. After moving to Paris, she was able to publish her first book, Three Lives, in 1909. Later on she published other books including Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms (1914) and The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family’s Progress (1925). Much of Gertrude Stein’s work had a lot of Cubism and included techniques of …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald who she greatly influenced. Gertrude Stein was also able to publish The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in 1933 which was Gertrude Stein’s only commercial success and written in the perspective of her partner Alice B. Toklas.
Stein did a lecture tour of the United States in 1934 which was very successful, but she later went back to France, where she stayed until the end of World War II. Many Americans visited Gertrude Stein after the liberation of Paris in 1944 and she later wrote librettos for operas like The Mother of Us All (1947) by Virgil Thomson.
As mentioned before The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was one of Gertrude Stein’s only commercial successes and one her bestsellers. The book talks about the experiences of Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas between both World War I and World War II. The autobiography was also written in the perspective of Toklas and it allowed Gertrude Stein to be able to explore her life. It talks about many modern artists and modern art which made the book very popular and another bestseller for Stein as