The geographical history of America;: Or, The relation of human nature to the human mind

Geographical History also elaborates on Steins concepts of identity landscape presence and composition. Today as literary discourse pays more attention to textuality; to voice reader-response and phenomenology Stein emerges as a pioneering modernist to whom the century is slowly catching up. For those in the performing arts Geographical History further addresses the notion of play as landscape one of Steins most influential theatrical ideas as well as such issues as dialogue character and dramatic structure -- in a book that is itself a model of modern experimentation.