Gertrude Stein

In her provocative study of Gertrude Stein, G.F. Mitrano argues that Stein''s particular take on modernity has special relevance for today. Tracing what she describes as Stein''s deeply modernist story of transformation from a nineteenth-century American woman to the disquieting muse of avant-garde culture portrayed in Picasso''s famous portrait, Mitrano illuminates Stein''s immense appetite for l...