| Description |
xvii, 213 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: A visit to the masters school -- Odysseus returns to Cambridge -- 104 Irving Street -- Harvard -- The Western Front -- The enormous room -- Greenwich Village. Elaine and Nancy -- Anne Barton and Joseph Stalin -- Eimi and Marion Morehouse -- No thanks -- Ezra Pound and Santa Claus -- Rebecca and Nancy -- "I think I am falling in love with you" -- Readings: a new career -- Victory and defeat -- Coda: Cummings' reputation in the twenty-first century -- Afterword: Patchin place. |
| Summary |
A reassessment of the life and work of the preeminent twentieth-century poet examines the idiosyncratic expressions that led to critical disagreements about his achievements, and covers his Cambridge youth, Harvard education, and relationships with fellow writers. |
| Subject |
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962.
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780307379979 (hbk.) |
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0307379973 (hbk.) |
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