Etcetera: The Unpublished Poems of E. E. Cummings

by E. E. Cummings, Richard S. Kennedy (Editor), George James Firmage (Editor)

Overview

A new volume in the Liveright series of Cummings reissues, offset from the authoritative Complete Poems 1904-1962.

The poems in Etcetera were discovered in three Cummings manuscript collections and selected from more than 350 unpublished pieces. Many of the poems are from his early years and all convey his freshness and youthful spirit, exhibiting his celebration of love and delight in common natural phenomena. Etcetera was first published by Liveright in 1983. This newly reissued edition is published in a uniform format with Is 5, Tulips & Chimneys, ViVa, XAIPE, and No Thanks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780871401762
Publisher:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publication date:	02/17/2001
Edition description:	Sue) ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

E. E. Cummings (1894–1962) was among the most influential, widely read, and revered modernist poets. He was also a playwright, a painter, and a writer of prose. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied at Harvard University and, during World War I, served with an ambulance corps in France. He spent three months in a French detention camp and subsequently wrote The Enormous Room, a highly acclaimed criticism of World War I. After the war, Cummings returned to the States and published his first collection of poetry, Tulips & Chimneys, which was characterized by his innovative style: pushing the boundaries of language and form while discussing love, nature, and war with sensuousness and glee. He spent the rest of his life painting, writing poetry, and enjoying widespread popularity and success.

George J. Firmage edited many works by Cummings, including Erotic Poems; Complete Poems, 1904– 1962; and Fairy Tales.