Open AccessWriting and Merriment. Gertrude Stein’s Erotics of Language
Author(s) -
Maria Irene Ramalho
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
elyra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2182-8954
DOI - 10.21747/21828954/ely16a1
Subject(s) - alice (programming language) , modernism (music) , grammar , syntax , poetry , art , linguistics , literature , art history , philosophy
As it revisits Gertrude Stein’s relationship with Alice B. Toklas – lifetime companion, collaborator, and lover – the paper shows how Stein’s writing is at the forefront of Modernism’s poetic innovation by dismantling grammar and syntax, calling into question the referentiality of language, and dealing with words as if they were sensuous objects. It concludes that Stein’s creative writing is as erotic as her love life.