(1874-1946) American author who
developed a
style of writing characterized by the repetition of simple words and the
use of little punctuation. Stein moved from the USA to
Paris in 1903, and her
home became a gathering
place for many
leading artists and writers. She was a
major influence on writers who were seeking new
ways of expressing themselves. Stein attempted to apply to her writing the principles of cubism (a
type of
art in which the
subject, rather than being represented as it appears in
nature, is separated into
abstract arrangements of cubes and other
geometric forms), stressing the
sound and
rhythm of the words rather than their sense, simplifying and fragmenting words and using repetitions. The most wellknown
line of Stein's poetry is "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" from the poem
Sacred Emily (1913).
(1874 - 1946)
American poet, novelist and critic. She was the
subject of wide literary controversy in the 1920s because of her writing
style, which was characterized by the
use of words for their associations and
sound, rather than for their
literal meaning, and by an emphasis on the presentation of impressions and a
particular state of
mind rather than the
telling of a story.