E. E. Cummings: Modernist Painter and Poet Author(s): Milton A. Cohen Source: Smithsonian Studies in American Art‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 2 (Spring‚ 1990)‚ pp. 54-74 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3108985 . Accessed: 05/04/2011 17:57 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s
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E. E. Cummings was an American poet and painter. He wrote over 2‚000 poems in his lifetime. Some of these poems include “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town‚” “Maggie and Milly and Molly and May‚” and “Somewhere I Have Never Traveled‚ Gladly Beyond.” Through reviewing biographical information‚ his works‚ and critical reviews‚ most critics agree that E. E. Cummings changed the course of American poetry. Cummings went through many hardships in his life that inspired him to write more poetry. He challenged
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The use of symbol in poetry and in literature as a whole is commonplace because it is an outlet for the author ’s creative psyche. A symbol is a creative use of metaphor‚ using a comparison but not just a direct comparison. The author attempts to achieve the effect that there is much more than just the reader ’s initial reaction creating a want to delve deeper into the true meaning‚ leaving a vast space of interpretation. Allegory on the other hand is a specific comparison‚ a symbol that is set
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In Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s words “Literature does not grow or develop in a vacuum; it is given impetus‚ shape‚ direction or even area of concern by social‚ political and economic forces in a particular society” (Homecoming‚ 1972). This statement shows how the Kenyan writer associates literature with a typical process of development and evolution. As such‚ literature cannot avoid‚ while gradually gaining ground‚ undergoing or facing some important changes. This notion applies to all literary genres
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Edward Estlin Cummings‚ also known as E.E. Cummings was a avant-garde poet that defied the rule of the English language. During the first World War‚ Cummings was under arrest for three months under false grounds. His experience in jail inspired the thought about authoritarianism and modernism. Gertrude Stein’s syntactical and Amy Lowell’s imagistic experiment inspired Cummings’ work by using incorrect grammar‚ spelling‚ and poetry structure. Humans tend to be cynical about facing problems in life
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The Poetic Style of e.e. Cummings “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are‚” no one could say it better than Edward Estin Cummings‚ aka e.e. Cummings. Poet William Carlos Williams said that “Cumming’s means my language‚” meaning that Williams enjoyed the way Cumming’s wrote poetry (Citation). It didn’t take long for Cumming’s to become “who he really was”. Cumming’s began writing poems at a very early age; this allowed him to develop a very unique style of writing poetry.
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Education of ee cummings Outline I.Introduction A.Cummings ’ life B.Introduction to Cummings ’ ideogram form C.5 Poems being analyzed D.Thesis Statement: Cummings utilizes unique syntax in these poems in order to convey messages visually as well as verbally. II.Poem analyses A.l(a 1.Theme - not sadness or loneliness‚ but oneness 2.Syntax a.instances of 1 ’ in the poem b.shape
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Kailee Ambrosia Mrs. Marsden Honors LAL I 11 May 2012 Edward Estlin Cummings also known as ee cummings is one of the most famous poets America has ever known. Born in Massachusetts in‚ this writer and painter formed a very unique style through his poetry. Cummings is famous because of his complex thoughts portrayed in his pieces. Often times Cummings lures in and distracts his readers by beginning with topics such as society or children‚ but as the poem progresses they take a turn into
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Edward Estlin Cummings or E. E. Cummings‚as he was popularly called was an American poet‚ painter‚ essayist‚ author‚ and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2‚900 poems‚ two autobiographical novels‚ four plays and several essays‚ as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry. One of his major work is the poem “ I thank You God”. The poem by e.e. cummings‚ titled "I thank you God for most this amazing..." suggests a way
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Since the beginnings of the literature love has been one of the most important themes for the writers and accordingly for the readers. Not only did the poets impose themselves the immensely difficult task to describe the notion of love‚ but they also left the readers with the enjoyable but not easy thing that is the deciphering the meaning of their descriptions. It is how the American poet‚ prosaic and dramatist‚ Edward Estlin Cummings‚ behaved by giving people the interesting image of love in the
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