The Portrait as Word and (A)Head: Gertrude Stein and the Staging of (Her)Self

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Franziska Gygax

The Seeming and the Seen: Essays in Modern Visual and Literary Culture, pp.209-224

2006

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Title: The Portrait as Word and (A)Head: Gertrude Stein and the Staging of (Her)Self
Author/Creator: Franziska Gygax
Publication Details: The Seeming and the Seen: Essays in Modern Visual and Literary Culture, pp.209-224
Annotation: Examines Stein s literary portraits as a dialogue between the portraitist and the portrayed. Gygax looks at her punning of the word head in her well-known portrait of Hemingway, He and They, Hemingway, as well as their turbulent relationship.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015131520203691