Reading Gertrude Stein: Body, Text, Gnosis

by Lisa Ruddick

Overview

"Ruddick's interpretative study of Gertrude Stein breaks new ground in both Stein studies and poststructural theory, remaining accessible while rejecting neither indeterminate polysemy nor the thematic unity of 'idea.'... Through valuable interpretations of the major early Stein texts ('Melanctha,' The Making of Americans, G.M.P., and Tender Buttons), Ruddick details the 'serial acts of self-definition' of the modernist self in relation to William James, Freud, and the Bible.... Ruddick is authoritative in dealing with Stein's work, feminist theory, and the cultural phenomenon of modernism."—Choice

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801499579
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	07/23/1991
Series:	Reading Women Writing
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lisa Ruddick is Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago.

What People are Saying About This

John T. Irwin

Lisa Ruddick has written a superb book on Gertrude Stein that will appeal to readers interested in the beginnings of twentieth-century American literature, in women's writing, and in psychoanalytic criticism. I highly recommend it.

Editorial Reviews

Ruddick's interpretative study of Gertrude Stein breaks new ground in both Stein studies and poststructural theory, remaining accessible while rejecting neither indeterminate polysemy nor the thematic unity of 'idea.'... Through valuable interpretations of the major early Stein texts ('Melanctha, ' The Making of Americans, G.M.P., and Tender Buttons), Ruddick details the 'serial acts of self-definition' of the modernist self in relation to William James, Freud, and the Bible.... Ruddick is authoritative in dealing with Stein's work, feminist theory, and the cultural phenomenon of modernism.

-- "Choice"

From the Publisher

"Lisa Ruddick has written a superb book on Gertrude Stein that will appeal to readers interested in the beginnings of twentieth-century American literature, in women's writing, and in psychoanalytic criticism. I highly recommend it."

John T. Irwin

"Ruddick's interpretative study of Gertrude Stein breaks new ground in both Stein studies and poststructural theory, remaining accessible while rejecting neither indeterminate polysemy nor the thematic unity of 'idea.'... Through valuable interpretations of the major early Stein texts ('Melanctha,' The Making of Americans, G.M.P., and Tender Buttons), Ruddick details the 'serial acts of self-definition' of the modernist self in relation to William James, Freud, and the Bible.... Ruddick is authoritative in dealing with Stein's work, feminist theory, and the cultural phenomenon of modernism."

Choice