{"product_id":"the-making-of-americans-paperback","title":"The Making of Americans - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGertrude Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gass\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eSteven Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGertrude Stein's monumental novel, back in print a century after its first publication.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e The Making of Americans\u003c\/em\u003e, Gertrude Stein sets out to tell \"a history of a family's progress,\" radically reworking the traditional family saga novel to encompass her vision of personality and psychological relationships. As the history progresses over three generations, Stein also meditates on her own writing, on the making of \u003cem\u003eThe Making of Americans\u003c\/em\u003e, and on America itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGertrude Stein\u003c\/strong\u003e (1874-1946) was born in Pittsburgh to a prosperous German-Jewish family. She was educated in France and the United States, worked under the pioneering psychologist William James, and later studied medicine. With her brother Leo she was an important patron of the arts, acquiring works by many contemporary artists, most famously Picasso, while her home became a popular meeting place for writers and painters from Matisse to Hemingway. Her books include \u003cem\u003eThree Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTender Buttons\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Meyer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eIrresistible Dictation: Gertrude Stein and the Correlations of Writing and Science\u003c\/em\u003e (2001, Stanford UP) as well as half a dozen essays on Stein's narrative practices. In 2018 he edited the \u003cem\u003eCambridge Companion to Literature and Science\u003c\/em\u003e and current works in progress include \u003cem\u003eRobust Empiricisms: Jamesian Modernism between the Disciplines, 1878 to the Present\u003c\/em\u003e. Material from \u003cem\u003eRobust Empiricisms\u003c\/em\u003e has appeared in numerous edited collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam H. Gass\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-2017) was an essayist, novelist, and literary critic. He graduated from Kenyon College and received his PhD at Cornell University. He taught philosophy at both Purdue University and at Washington University in St. Louis where he was the David May Distinguished Professor of Humanities. In 1990, Gass founded the International Writers Center (now known as the Center for the Humanities) and served as its director until his retirement in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.91 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379493236838,"sku":"9781628974669","price":38.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/z_7KNe-Fxh9781628974669.webp?v=1768921409","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-making-of-americans-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}