Supervised Work (Lecture) - bmc.ENGL.B403.005.F24
Section outline
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A course in which we attempt to read Stein.
Monday/Wednesday 1:10-2:30 PM
English House III
Prof. Jess Shollenberger (they/them)
Email: jshollenbe@brynmawr.edu
Office hours: Wednesday 10 AM-noon and by appointment
Office: English House 203
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Stein in the Bugey region of France, 1925 (source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers, YCAL MSS 76)
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Articles mentioned in class, etc. Use these materials to develop your final projects—all are reputable.
Poet John Ashbery's review of Stanzas in Meditation
Scholar Natalia Cecire on not reading Stein, Toklas's typing
Poet Lyn Hejinian's meditation on "the commonplace" in Stein
Scholar Melanie Micir's chapter that covers Toklas's life post-Stein
Poet Joan Retallack's introduction to the corrected Stanzas in Meditation
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examples of adaptations of Tender Buttons
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Aya's posset in candied lemon and Olivia's book Poetry for Rainy Days (adaptation of "WATER RAINING")
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All images courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers. Images digitized and available here.
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