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, arecent 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 led...
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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...
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An Evergreen book volume E-190
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English
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e. e. cummings is without question one of the major poets of this century, and this volume, first published in 1959, is indispensable for every lover of modern lyrical verse. It contains one hundred of cummings's wittiest and most profound poems, harvested from thirty-five of the most radically creative years in contemporary American poetry. These poems exhibit all the extraordinary lyricism, playfulness, technical ingenuity, and compassion for which...
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English
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Darkly humorous and intensely energised, this fictionalised autobiography is a major work of World War I literature and is e.e. cummings' most notable novel.
It's late August 1917, and in the midst of the raging Great War, a soon-to-be-famous modernist poet, e.e. cummings, is arrested by the French authorities on suspicion of espionage. While volunteering as an ambulance driver with the US military, cummings was imprisoned alongside his friend...
5) & (And)
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English
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Conventional grammar and syntax are ignored in this avant-garde poetry collection by the masterfully lyrical writer e.e. cummings, featuring 25 originally unpublished pieces from his first volume of poetry.
Exploring traditional ideas of love, nature, and death, alongside examinations of sexuality, e.e. cummings' third poetry collection highlights his talent for reviving classic and cliché poetic themes with a modern voice.
Only 86 of the 152 poems...
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English
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A master of modernist experimentation, e.e. cummings was one of the finest American poets of the Jazz Age. This collection features many of his greatest works including the long-form poem 'Puella Mea'.
Over 300 poems are featured in this volume of e.e. cummings' collected poetry. The avant-garde writer is known for his experimentation with form, grammar, and typography. His work explores many themes that were considered taboo at the time, including...
7) XLI Poems
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English
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Controversial and passionate, XLI Poems is e.e. cummings' second masterful poetry collection, complete with 41 poems that were originally disregarded by publishers.
Of the 152 poems included in e. e. cummings' original manuscript for his first poetry collection, Tulips and Chimneys (1923), only 86 were published. 41 of the omitted pieces were published two years later in XLI Poems. Although written at the same time as his previous collection, the...
8) Is 5
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English
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e.e. cummings' fourth poetry collection demonstrates his skilled modernist voice and unmatched ability to test the limitations of the English language.
First published in 1926, is 5 contains 88 poems in cummings' distinctively complex style. Featuring satirical work, many experimental pieces, and several anti-war poems, this volume is a collection of modernist poetry that explores classic poetic themes.
This volume's title is the first hint of e....
9) 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 revised, corrected, and expanded edition of E.E. Cummings's Complete Poems brings together, for the very first time, all of the poems published or designated for publication by the poet in his lifetime. In addition, 164 unpublished poems, issued in 1983 under the title Etcetera, have also been included."--Editor's note.
11) 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."
12) 73 poems
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Harcourt, Brace & World
Pub. Date
[1963]
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) 24 cm.
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English
13) Poems, 1923-1954
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Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Pub. Date
[1954]
Edition
[1st ed.].
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xxiv, 468 pages 25 cm
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English
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Publisher
Cameron & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
volume : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"I Carry Your Heart With Me is a children's adaptation of the beloved E. E. Cummings poem, beautifully illustrated by Mati Rose McDonough. Showing the strong bond of love between mother and child, within nature and throughout life, Cummings' heartfelt words expressed through McDonough's lovely illustrations combine to create a fresh, yet classic, portrayal of love."--www.Amazon.com.
15) 95 Poems
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Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Pub. Date
[©1958]
Physical Desc
95 pages ; 24 cm
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English
Description
A collection of poems written since 1954.
16) Hist whist
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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st Dragonfly Books ed.
Physical Desc
[24] p. : col ill. ; 21 cm.
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English
18) 50 poems
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Universal library volume 66
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1940
Physical Desc
50 leaves ; 21 cm.
Language
English
20) Selected poems
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Publisher
Liveright
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 187 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English