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<p>The article examines <italic>The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas</italic>, by Gertrude Stein. Filtered through the eyes of her lover, the text’s focus is on Stein’s artistic growth. Published in 1933 and written from “the happily distant perspective of the 1930s” (Benstock, 1986, p. 144), <italic>The Autobiography</italic> shows how Stein copes with the isolation and despair of her first years of expatriation in Paris. The paper argues that Stein was only able to perform in-depth acts of self-analysis once she had settled down in her troubled subjective geography.</p>
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The article examines The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein. Filtered through the eyes of her lover, the text’s focus is on Stein’s artistic growth. Published in 1933 and written from “the happily distant perspective of the 1930s” (Benstock, 1986, p. 144), The Autobiography shows how Stein copes with the isolation and despair of her first years of expatriation in Paris. The paper argues that Stein was only able to perform in-depth acts of self-analysis once she had settled down in her troubled subjective geography.

Gertrude Stein’s Experience of Expatriation and Settlement in <italic>the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas</italic>

Gender Studies

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Gertrude Stein’s Experience of Expatriation and Settlement in 

The article examines The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein. Filtered through the eyes of her lover, the text’s focus is on Stein’s artistic...

Gertrude Stein’s Experience of Expatriation and Settlement in the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Published Online: Dec 21, 2022

Page range: 98 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2023-0007

Keywords
Gertrude Stein, transnationalism, transnational identity, expatriation, autobiography

© 2022 Gabriela Tucan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Gertrude Stein’s Experience of Expatriation and Settlement in the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Published Online: Dec 21, 2022

Page range: 98 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2023-0007

KeywordsGertrude Stein, transnationalism, transnational identity, expatriation, autobiography

© 2022 Gabriela Tucan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Gertrude Stein, transnationalism, transnational identity, expatriation, autobiography