E. E Cummings
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English
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"In 1917, after the entry of America into World War I, E. E. Cummings, a recent graduate of Harvard College, volunteered to serve on an ambulance corps in France. Arrived in Paris with a new friend, William Slater Brown, the two young men set about living it up in the big city before heading off to their assignment. Once in the field, they wrote irreverent letters about their experiences which attracted the attention of the censors and ultimately...
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Evergreen book ; E190
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English
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"Lyrical verses span the career of a twentieth-century American poet, and illuminate his concern for the future of humanity." --
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English
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Edward Estlin Cummings (1894–1962), a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Harvard University graduate, is best known for his rejection of traditional poetic forms. As e. e. cummings, he conducted radical experiments with spelling, syntax, and punctuation that inspired a revolution in twentieth-century literary expression and excited the admiration and affection of poetry lovers of all ages. With his 1923 debut, Tulips & Chimneys, the 25-year-old...
4) Little tree
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English
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Inspired by a poem by E.E. Cummings, this is the story of a little tree that finds its own special place in the world as a much-loved Christmas tree.
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English
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This centennial edition of E. E. Cummings's Complete Poems, published in celebration of his birth on October 14, 1894, contains all of the poems published or designated for publication by the poet in his lifetime, including thirty-six poems that were first collected in the 1991 edition and 164 unpublished poems issued in 1983 under the title Etcetera. At the time of his death in 1962 E. E. Cummings was, next to Robert Frost, the most widely read poet...
7) 95 poems
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English
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95 Poems is the last book of new poems published in Cummings's lifetime. Remarkable for its vigor, freshness, interest in ordinary individuals, and awareness of the human life cycle, the book reflects Cummings's observations on nature and his prevailing gratitude for whatever life offers: "Time's a strange fellow: more he gives than takes."
8) Fairy tales
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English
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Four tales include "The Old Man Who Said 'Why'," "The Elephant and The Butterfly," "The House That Ate Mosquito Pie," and "The Little Girl Named I."
11) Hist whist
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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Presents with illustrations the celebrated author's poem of scary, ghostly things.
13) Selected poems
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Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
The one hundred and fifty-six poems selected are arranged in twelve sections, with introductions for each section.
14) Poems, 1923-1954
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Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Pub. Date
[1954]
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English
Description
E. E. Cummings, who died in 1962, achieved in his lifetime a permanent place among the great poets of our time. His lyrics will be read as long as English endures. "Poems: 1923-1954" contains all of the poems from all the collections of verse Cummings published before 1954 -- the contents of ten books. -- From publisher's description.
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English
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In this tender interpretation of E.E. Cummings' beloved poem, [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in], a mother carries her child and introduces her to the wonders of the world, its seasons and storms, and together, they discover the root of the root and the bud of the bud, life's secret.
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Series
Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1952-1953
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[1953]
Language
English
Description
In this lecture series, American poet and writer E.E. Cummings discusses his life and work on a personal level. He concludes each lecture with a poetry reading lasting about fifteen minutes. He reads mostly works of other poets.