Edward Estlin Cummings Libros

At the time of his death in 1962, E. E. Cummings was, next to Robert Frost, the most widely read poet in America. Combining Thoreau's controlled belligerence with the brash abandon of an uninhibited bohemian, Cummings, together with Pound, Eliot, and William Carlos Williams, helped bring about the twentieth-century revolution in literary expression. He is recognized on the one hand as the author of some of the most beautiful lyric poems written in the English language, and on the other as one of the most inventive American poets of his time in the worlds of Richard Kostelanetz, "the major American poet of the middle-twentieth-century."

An eye-opening selection of Cumming's more avant-garde poetry and prose.

Presents the lyrics of American poet E. E. Cummings's poem "may i feel said he," complemented with paintings by Russian artist Marc Chagall.

Lyrical verses span the career of a twentieth-century American poet, and illuminate his concern for the future of humanity.

This selection, made by Cummings himself in 1960, offers a comprehensive introduction to his most characteristic work — whether love poems, satirical squibs or nature poetry — and represents the range of his experiments with lyric form, syntax and typography, which combined to offer a radically individual and spontaneous view of the world.

The one hundred and fifty-six poems here, arranged in twelve sections and introduced by E. E. Cummings's biographer, include his most popular poems, spanning his earliest creations, his vivacious linguistic acrobatics, up to his last valedictory sonnets. Also featured are thirteen drawings, oils, and watercolors by Cummings, most of them never before published.The selection includes most of the favorites plus many fresh and surprising examples of Cummings's several poetic styles. The corrected texts established by George J. Firmage have been used throughout.

Featuring a collection of E. E. Cummings' most innovative and celebrated poems, this volume showcases his unique style and playful language. Notable works include "i sing of Olaf glad and big" and "if there are any heavens my mother will (all be herself) have," highlighting themes of love and individuality. Other memorable pieces like "Space being (don't forget to remember) Curved" and "somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond" further exemplify his experimental approach to poetry, making this a significant work in modern literature.