Texte remanié de: Ph. D.--Knoxville--University of Tennessee, 1998. / Bibliogr. p. 119-125. Index.

Reproduction de : Thèse de doctorat : Philosophie : Lyon 3 : 2005. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr.

Inaug.-diss.--Greifswald. / Lebenslauf. At head of title: Geschichte. "Literatur": p. [5]-7.

The thesis begins by exploring Stein’s autobiographical connections to the Jamesian concepts of bottom nature and habit, in an attempt to demonstrate that both, in the pen of Gertrude Stein, are as connected to classical virtue theory and the development of character as a moral state and characters as created persons within her creative oeuvre, as they are connected to psychological experiments in William James’ laboratory. In wading through what may seem to be muddy waters of Stein’s slippery definitions and circular sentences, the thesis shows that Stein uses the discourse of classical virtue theory to achieve her goal—breaking down clear barriers to the virtuous life as classically understood and subverting the very building blocks of Western thought generally. Lastly, “Melanctha: Each One As She May” will become a case study through which the thesis wrestles in detail with Stein’s complicated virtue and character project as she pulls virtuous action into a separate sphere from the virtuous person in order to explore what human nature is, or, as she says, “the whole thing about men and women that is interesting.”

Diss. Uppsala : Univ., 2004.

Zugl.: Augsburg, Univ., Diss., 2007

Zugl.: Bonn, Univ., Diss., 2007

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2006. / Title from title screen (viewed 19 March 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2006; thesis submitted 2005. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.

Zugl.: Frankfurt (Main), Univ., Magisterarbeit, 2001

Inaug. - diss. - Jena. / Lebenslauf. "Erscheint als teildruck das erste kapitel der arbeit: Heinrich von Stein, ein lebensbild."