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Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein, the American modernist writer, was an international celebrity, an artistic iconoclast, and a self-proclaimed genius. Her experiments in poetry and prose still puzzle structuralist, deconstructionist, and feminist critics.
Reconsidering the Genius of Gertrude Stein. Approaching Gertrude Steinâs writing critically is tricky. Because she strove to reshape literary conventions â syntax, language usage, narrative order and the sense of making sense â any comment on her choices may already be rebuffed in her poetics and practice. Stein is a trickster.