'After All One Must Know More Than One Sees And One Does Not See A Cube In Its Entirety’: Gertrude Stein and Picasso and Cubism

The article examines author Gertrude Stein's literary portraiture inside her own ideas about cubism. The link of Stein's literary work to the visual style of cubism is discussed. Some passages from her book "Tender Buttons" are compared. Stein outlines three reasons for cubism in her work. This is a post–peer-review, pre-copyedited version of an article published in Critical Survey. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available in Critical Survey, Vol. 17, No. 3 (2005), pp. 66-84, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=a9h&AN=19657058&site=ehost-live&custid=s1190300Peer reviewe