Gertrude Stein and the Essence of What Happens

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Gertrude Stein The Essence of What Happens D a n a C a i r n s W a t s o n V a n d e r b i l t U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s n Nashville and Copyright © 2005 Vanderbilt University Press All rights reserved First Edition 2005 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Gary Gore Frontispiece courtesy of Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Collection 2108, Gilbert Harrison Collection of Material relating to Gertrude Stein, box 4 folder 16: Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas having tea. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Watson, Dana Cairns, 1966Gertrude Stein and the essence of what happens / Dana Cairns Watson.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8265-1462-6 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 0-8265-1463-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Interpersonal communication in literature. 3. Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. 4. Conversation in literature. 5. Speech in literature. 6. Dialogue. I. Title. ps3537.t323z96 2004 818.’5209—dc22 2003027602 For Rob, a credit to the species ...