The poison principle: experiencing William James through Gertrude Stein's repetition in three lives

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dc.contributorWhite, Heather Cass
dc.contributorRichards, Richard A.
dc.contributor.advisorBilwakesh, Nikhil
dc.contributor.authorParker, Stephanie Don Chiemi
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-26T14:22:19Z
dc.date.available2017-04-26T14:22:19Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractWhile previous critics have synthesized William James's stream of consciousness with Gertrude Stein's use of repetition in Three Lives, I argue that the reader's response to repetition enables an awareness of a physical experience of James's assertion that no two identical recurrences may be the same due to an ever moving present. In Chapter 1 and 3, I offer a close reading of Three Lives to illustrate the Poison Principle--the ways in which the character, as well as the reader, experience James's stream of consciousness. Chapter 2 is devoted to the personal relationship between James and Stein, as well as a critical overview of Stein scholarship. Repetition as a device, and the reader's reaction to repetition, is central to my project, and in Chapter 4 I explore the displeasure often associated with reading Stein works. Through examples from Three Lives and Stein's later work How to Write, I differentiate types of repetition. In addition to a discussion of the reader experience, I offer a study in emotional reaction, arguing in favor of James's assertion that our difference of emotion is how we may best recognize the variance in identical recurrences. I close with an emotional re-reading of Three Lives, concluding that the variety of ways in which repetition is employed by Stein must be approached from different angles according to the type of repetition.en_US
dc.format.extent74 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000830
dc.identifier.otherParker_alatus_0004M_11087
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/2910
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.titleThe poison principle: experiencing William James through Gertrude Stein's repetition in three livesen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of English
etdms.degree.disciplineEnglish
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.A.

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