Gertrude Stein: an Automatic Writer

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Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) is well known as an early twentieth century writer, but less well known is her involvement in automatic writing research. Critics of Stein's literary works suggest that her research had a significant influence on her poetry and fiction, though Stein denied any influence. A partial replication of Stein's 1896 study was conducted with the goal of addressing three historical questions: (1) What contributed to Stein's involvement in automatic writing research?; (2) To what extent did Stein believe that she experienced automatic writing?; and (3) To what extent did herautomatic writing research influence her later literary works?