Description
Fiction. "The importance of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE is that it is one of the few Gertrude Stein satirical works; not political so much as cultural, she spoofs American advertising memorably in 'Business in Baltimore' in such passages as 'more and better and better and best.,' which, if you read it aloud, is sure to reduce any audience to dangerous amounts of laughter."—Dick Higgins
Author Bio
Gertrude Stein was born in 1874 and died in 1946. An American writer who spent most of her life in France, she was a catalyst in the development of modern literature and art. Stein was the author of more than 25 books of experimental writing, many of which were self-published. TENDER BUTTONS was her second published work, and set the foundation for not only her own oeuvre, but for generations of writers to come. She never visited Canada.
Author City: OAKLAND, CA USA