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E. E. Cummings: A Poet's Life
Even before his groundbreaking style helped change the landscape of American poetry, E. E. Cummings was going against the grain. Defying the traditionalists of the early 20th century, Cummings lived a life devoted to the shifting archetypes of art and literature, and wrote some of the most celebrated poetry of the modern era. Nearly a century after his first works were pub...more
Hardcover, 142 pages
Published
December 20th 2006
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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This rating is about this book in particular and definitely doesn't reflect my feelings about Cummings -- he is one of my favorite poets. But this was awfully dry. While it provides a nice overview of Cummings as a person, there's just not much personality to it -- which really doesn't fit with the person being described at all. I'm not convinced the book does him justice, especially since it seems to be targeted to young adults rather than adults. However, seeing a number of my favorite poems r...more
Well, I love E.E. Cummings. Though I think this book was dumbed down quite a bit, it gave me a nice overview of the life of someone so profoundly wonderful.
I wrote down some wonderful, perhaps even motivational, things he said.
It was a good read, I guess.
I wrote down some wonderful, perhaps even motivational, things he said.
It was a good read, I guess.
My junior in high school daughter just wrote a paper on Cummings, and it brought me back to my high school years when Cummings was my favorite poet.
This is a biography aimed at yong adults, which is generally just right for most of us.
This is a biography aimed at yong adults, which is generally just right for most of us.
An interesting examination of the poet's life. Certainly I learned a fair amount about the poet I hadn't known. I would have liked more about his writing style, more excerpts from letters etc. to flesh it out and make it sparkle more.
Biography of Cummings aimed at middle/high schoolers. Quick and thorough, an interesting read with the bonus of a photograph of the genesis of "Buffalo Bill's /defunct".
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Catherine Reef is the author of more than 35 nonfiction books for young people. Her books for Clarion include the highly acclaimed JOHN STEINBECK and SIGMUND FREUD, which was the recipient of the 2002 Sydney Taylor Award, presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries. She lives in College Park, Maryland.
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