Gertrude Stein and Richard Wright

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Gertrude Stein and Richard Wright began their careers as marginals within marginalized groups, and their desire to live peacefully in unorthodox marriages led them away from America and into permanent exile in France. Still, the obvious differences between them - in class, ethnic and racial origins, and in artistic expression - beg the question: What was there to talk about? This question opens a window onto each writer's meditations on the influence of racial, ethnic, and national origins on the formation of identity in a modern and post-modern world.

subjects: African Americans,  American Authors,  American literature,  Americans,  Authors, American,  Biography,  Criticism and interpretation,  Friends and associates,  Group identity in literature,  History,  History and criticism,  Intellectual life,  Minorities in literature,  Modernism (Literature),  Poetics,  Politics and literature,  Women and literature,  Stein, gertrude, 1874-1946,  Wright, richard, 1908-1960,  American literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  African americans, intellectual life,  Americans, france,  Critique et interprétation,  Politique et littérature,  Histoire,  Femmes et littérature,  Littérature américaine,  Histoire et critique,  Noirs américains,  Vie intellectuelle,  Écrivains américains,  Biographies,  Modernisme (Littérature),  Identité collective dans la littérature,  Poétique,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  American,  General,  Friendship,  Minorités,  Dans la littérature

People: Gertrude Stein (1874-1946),  Richard Wright (1908-1960)

Places: France,  United States

Times: 20th century