Tender buttons

objects, food, rooms

No cover

Tender buttons (1914, C. Marie)

78 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 1914 by C. Marie.

OCLC Number:
21497024

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Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms from 1914 is a poetic exploration of words - clustered, juxtaposed, redefined and played off one another - to subterfuge their common meanings, which Stein felt had become watered down, and to re-infuse them with expressive force.

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