Blood on the Dining-Room Floor
Blood on the Dining-Room Floor

Author: Gertrude Stein

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1504061500

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A quirky literary mystery from the iconic modernist writer known for her Jazz-Age Paris salon and bestselling book The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Gertrude Stein was a distinctly unique talent who penned many novels, essays, and poems. And on one occasion, during a bout of writer’s block, she decided to play with the popular genre of mystery fiction. The book that resulted, Blood on the Dining-Room Floor, is not your typical whodunit, just as Stein was not your typical author. With elements of her trademark avant-garde style, the story revolves around the mysterious passing of Madame Pernollet, who is found dead in the courtyard of a hotel owned by her husband. Incorporating some autobiographical details from events at her own French country house, Stein invites the reader to play detective—and offers a glimpse into one of the early twentieth century’s most interesting and challenging literary minds.

Blood on the Dining Room Floor by Gertrude Stein - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Blood on the Dining Room Floor by Gertrude Stein - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Author: Gertrude Stein

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: 2017-07-17

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 178877891X

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This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Blood on the Dining Room Floor by Gertrude Stein - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Gertrude Stein’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Stein includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Blood on the Dining Room Floor by Gertrude Stein - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Stein’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein

Author: Ulla E. Dydo

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2008-12-19

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 0810125269

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The definitive book on Gertrude Stein

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Gertrude Stein
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Gertrude Stein

Author: Logan Esdale

Publisher: Modern Language Association

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1603293450

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A trailblazing modernist, Gertrude Stein studied psychology at Radcliffe with William James and went on to train as a medical doctor before coming out as a lesbian and moving to Paris, where she collected contemporary art and wrote poetry, novels, and libretti. Known as a writer's writer, she has influenced every generation of American writers since her death in 1946 and remains avant-garde. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides information and resources that will help teachers and students begin and pursue their study of Stein. The essays of part 2, "Approaches," introduce major topics to be covered in the classroom--race, gender, feminism, sexuality, narrative form, identity, and Stein's experimentation with genre--in a wide range of contexts, including literary analysis, art history, first-year composition, and cultural studies.

Gertrude Stein Has Arrived
Gertrude Stein Has Arrived

Author: Roy Morris Jr.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 142143153X

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Toklas—the true power behind the throne.

Detecting Texts
Detecting Texts

Author: Patricia Merivale

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2011-06-07

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0812205456

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Although readers of detective fiction ordinarily expect to learn the mystery's solution at the end, there is another kind of detective story—the history of which encompasses writers as diverse as Poe, Borges, Robbe-Grillet, Auster, and Stephen King—that ends with a question rather than an answer. The detective not only fails to solve the crime, but also confronts insoluble mysteries of interpretation and identity. As the contributors to Detecting Texts contend, such stories belong to a distinct genre, the "metaphysical detective story," in which the detective hero's inability to interpret the mystery inevitably casts doubt on the reader's similar attempt to make sense of the text and the world. Detecting Texts includes an introduction by the editors that defines the metaphysical detective story and traces its history from Poe's classic tales to today's postmodernist experiments. In addition to the editors, contributors include Stephen Bernstein, Joel Black, John T. Irwin, Jeffrey T. Nealon, and others.