Episode 63 - "Three Lives" by Gertrude Stein

About this episode

The episode discusses Gertrude Stein's 'Three Lives' and its implications within Modernist literature.

This week, we're wrapping up our Modernist mini-season by reading "Three Lives" by Gertrude Stein. We discuss our relationships with Stein and other Lost Generation writers, Stein's tactile language, and why something so well written is also so painfully racist. As always, we hope that you enjoy the conversation.

People in this episode

Host: John Hagele

Topics covered

• Modernism
• Lost Generation
• literature
• racism
• tactile language

Keywords

• Gertrude Stein
• Three Lives
• Modernism
• Lost Generation
• literary analysis

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