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Three Lives

Presents Gertrude Stein's 1909 work "Three Lives," which consists of three novellas about underprivileged working class women in turn-of-the-century America, and includes an introduction and critical analysis.

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  • "Melanctha"@en
  • "3 lives"
  • "3 lives"@en
  • "Good Anna"@en
  • "Three lives"@ja
  • "Three lives"
  • "Three lives"@it
  • "Three Lives"
  • "Gentle Lena"@en

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  • "Tři povídky americké spisovatelky a svérázné experimentátorky, zvl. v oblasti formy. Povídky líčí vesměs smutně končící životní příběhy žen různého typu (německé služky, jež utratila život ve službě pro druhé, mulatky marně hledající přátelství a lásku, mladé německé služebné, provdané v Americe) a dokládají zejména autorčinu znamenitou schopnost charakterizační."
  • "Presents extraordinary psychological portraits of three women--"Good Anna," "Gentle Lena," and "Melanctha.""
  • "Presents Gertrude Stein's 1909 work "Three Lives," which consists of three novellas about underprivileged working class women in turn-of-the-century America, and includes an introduction and critical analysis."@en
  • "In these three stories, Gertrude Stein put into practice certain theories about prose composition that paralleled the ideas expressed in the art of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters."@en
  • "The unforgettable stories of three women, told with poignancy and compassion by one of the most important writers of our century."
  • "American writer Gertrude Stein was definitely decades ahead of her time. Injecting experimental and avant-garde elements into her work, she described her method as "literary cubism"--An understandable goal for someone who was close friends with Picasso and many other important artists of the day. Although the collection Three Lives definitely pushes the literary envelope, the stories still manage to convey tender and engaging human portraits of three very different female protagonists."@en
  • "First published in 1909, Three Lives marks the beginning of an era of bold experimentation with literary form and language that has continued throughout our century. In these three stories, Gertrude Stein put into practice certain theories about prose composition that paralleled the ideas expressed in the art of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters. Her characters strike the reader as living in a world determined by an aesthetic rather than a social order. The nonlinear narrative structure of 'The Good Anna', for example, was inspired by the works of CEzanne. Stein's friendship with Picasso encouraged her free expression of syntactical repetition to establish the mood and open sexuality of 'Melanctha'. And the influence of Matisse can be seen in 'The Gentle Lena', a bold psychological portrait of a woman, with a corresponding de-emphasis on plot and setting. Also included in this edition is Q.E.D. A frankly autobiographical story, conventional in form, it is in many ways an early version of 'Melanctha', and its inclusion here shows where Stein started and suggests how far she came on her own."@en
  • "The stories of three young ordinary working class women are portrayed."@en
  • "The stories of three young ordinary working class women are portrayed in this volume."
  • "Three Lives, by Gertrude Stein, is part of the <A href=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/classics/index.asp?z=y&cds2Pid=16447&sLinkPrefix>Barnes & Noble Classics</A> series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:<UL type=disc><LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Biographies of the authors <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Footnotes and endnotes <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Comments by other famous authors <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Bibliographies for further reading <LI style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto class=MsoNormal>Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. <P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormal>At first glance, Three Lives seems to be three straightforward portraits of women living in the early twentieth century. “The Good Anna describes an exacting German house servant; “Melanctha explores the love affair of an African-American woman; and “The Gentle Lena narrates the fate of a patient German maid. Yet these are daring prose experiments that reflect Gertrude Stein's revolt against the popular narrative style of realism. As she composed these works, Stein sought to emulate the aesthetic of the innovative painters Cezanne, Picasso, and Matisse. She rejected the more traditionally literary emphasis on social order and plot, replacing these with a focus on language, tone, and description. The result is a simple yet stunning view of the lives of three distinct women.<P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormal> <P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormal>Self-published in 1909, Three Lives catapulted Stein to the forefront of the influential American Modernist movement, which inspired such later novelists as Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac.<P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormal> <P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>Jonathan Levin is Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Fordham University, where he teaches nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature and culture. He is the author of The Poetics of Transition: Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism, as well as numerous essays and reviews."
  • "In three separate tales, Stein invests the lives of three working class women with extraordinary insights into race, sex, gender, and other feminist issues."

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  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "Nowele amerykańskie"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Texts"
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Trois vies : [nouvelles]"
  • "Tři životy"
  • "Three lives; [stories]"
  • "Three Lives"
  • "Three Lives"@en
  • "Drei Leben Erzählungen"
  • "Shalosh haṿayot"
  • "Sannin no onna"@ja
  • "Sannin no onna"
  • "Melanctha"
  • "Melanctha"@sv
  • "San ge nü ren"
  • "Tre esistenze"
  • "Tre esistenze"@it
  • "Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena"@en
  • "Drei Leben"
  • "Trois vies = Three lives"
  • "3 Lives"@en
  • "3 Lives"
  • "Three lives : stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and the gentle Lena"
  • "三个女人"
  • "Tri zhizni"
  • "Trois vies Three lives"
  • "三个女人 = Three Lives"
  • "Three lives; stories of the good Anna, Melanctha, and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "Three lives : stories of the good Anna, Melanctha, and the gentle Lena"
  • "Three lives : stories of the good Anna, Melanctha, and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "Three lives stories of the good Anna, Melanctha, and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "Three lives : stories"
  • "Three lives: stories of the good Anna, melanctha and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "Tres vidas"
  • "Tres vidas"@es
  • "Melanctha : cada una como pueda"@es
  • "Melanctha : cada una como pueda"
  • "Three lives: Stories of the good Anna, Melanctha and the gentle Lena"
  • "Three lives : stories of the good Anna, Melanctha, and the gentle lena"@en
  • "Three lives : Stories of the good Anna, Melanctha and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "San ge nu^ ren"
  • "San ge ping fan di nü ren"
  • "Melanctha : Erzählung"
  • "三人の女"
  • "San ge ping fan de nü ren"
  • "Three Lives. Stories of the good Anna, Melanctha, and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "Trois vies : nouvelles"
  • "Shalosh nashim"
  • "三个平凡的女人"
  • "Three lives [stories]"@en
  • "Trois vies"
  • "Three lives : stories of the good Anna, Melanctha and the gentle Lena"
  • "Three lives : stories of the good Anna, Melanctha and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "三個女人"
  • "Three lives : stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena"@en
  • "Três vidas"
  • "Três vidas"@pt
  • "Three lives : stories of good Anna, Melanctha and the gentle Lena"@en
  • "三個平凡的女人"
  • "Drei Leben : Erzählungen"
  • "Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and the Gentle Lena"
  • "San ge nü ren = Three Lives"
  • "Three lives : [stories]"
  • "Three lives : [stories]"@en
  • "Three lives"@en
  • "Three lives"

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