When the Bough Breaks

Jonathan Smith

DOI:10.1086/462686

Corpus ID: 162202089

When the Bough Breaks

@article{Smith1973WhenTB,
  title={When the Bough Breaks},
  author={Jonathan Smith},
  journal={History of Religions},
  year={1973},
  volume={12},
  pages={342 - 371}
}

Jonathan Smith
Published 1973
History
History of Religions

One of the most famous modern deathbed scenes is that reported of Gertrude Stein when she raised herself up from her bed and asked her faithful companion, Alice B. Toklas, "What is the answer?" When Toklas responded, "There is no answer," Stein sank back and murmured, "Then there is no question!" There is a compelling logic to this exchange. We have become accustomed, as scholars, to perceiving the degree to which the questions we ask predetermine our answers. But Stein has raised another sort… Expand

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