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Modernism · Fiction / memoir

The Making of Americans

by Gertrude Stein. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Gertrude Stein examining language, identity, art; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Date
1925
Origin
United States / France
Era
Modernism
Genre
Fiction / memoir
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Gertrude Stein examining language, identity, art; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.