Grammaire du non-lieu : Gertrude Stein et l'Amérique

This paper addresses the ambiguous nature of Gertrude Stein’s relation with America. An expatriate in France for most of her creative life, Stein kept writing in her mother tongue. Far from being a mere accident, her Parisian exile turned out to be a requirement for her poetry writing. What this art...

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Hovedforfatter: Alfandary, Isabelle
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:Français
Udgivet: 2005
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Summary:This paper addresses the ambiguous nature of Gertrude Stein’s relation with America. An expatriate in France for most of her creative life, Stein kept writing in her mother tongue. Far from being a mere accident, her Parisian exile turned out to be a requirement for her poetry writing. What this article suggests is that Gertrude Stein’s poetic grammar goes against the very notion of territory.