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| From | HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.lang, alt.usage.english, alt.poetry |
| Subject | Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) |
| Date | 2024-09-03 17:15 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vb88r0$3h5d9$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vb884e$3h941$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 9/3/2024 5:03 PM, Ross Clark wrote:
> Born Edward Estlin Cummings, Cambridge MA, 1894. Father was a Harvard
> professor, later Unitarian minister.
> "His penchant for lower-case was extended to his initials by one of his
> publishers, and the practice caught on, though he himself usually kept
> the capitals." (Crystal)
>
> anyone lived in a pretty how town
> (with up so floating many bells down)
> spring summer autumn winter
> he sang his didn't he danced his did
>
> Women and men (both little and small)
> cared for anyone not at all
> they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
> sun moon stars rain (1940)
>
> "The seeds of Cummings' unconventional style appear well established
> even in his earliest work. At age six, he wrote to his father:
>
> FATHER DEAR. BE, YOUR FATHER-GOOD AND GOOD,
> HE IS GOOD NOW, IT IS NOT GOOD TO SEE IT RAIN,
> FATHER DEAR IS, IT, DEAR, NO FATHER DEAR,
> LOVE, YOU DEAR,
> ESTLIN.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings
> anyone lived in a pretty how town
> (with up so floating many bells down)
> spring summer autumn winter
> he sang his didn't he danced his did (1940)
Several weeks ago, i listened to a recording of EEC himself
reading this and it wasnt at all like how i imagined.
if you've read [The Enormous Room], pls tell me about
a passage or scene that you remember. (i remember Nothing)
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E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2024-09-04 12:03 +1200
Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-09-03 17:15 -0700
Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-09-05 16:46 -0700
Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) - 2025-02-07 13:12 +0000
Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-09-04 06:55 +0100
Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-09-05 16:49 -0700
Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-09-07 16:17 +0100
Re: E.E.Cummings died (3/9/1962) dougstaples@gmx.com (LionelEdwards) - 2024-09-07 15:29 +0000
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