Cummings october 14, 1894 september 3, 1962, often styled as e e. Cummings has 176 books on goodreads with 223163 ratings. Many childrens books, including harry potter and the philosophers stone, adopt such a tone. The cover makes it appear like a childrens picture book, but the stories are just. Cummings is a kbachchanging hands bookstore book of the month pick. If ever a life story benefited from being told in the form of a picture book, its this biography of the poet e. Cummings s most popular book is 100 selected poems. Cummings was born in cambridge, massachusetts, to edward and rebecca haswell clarke cummings. Cummings 18941962 was among the most influential, widely read, and revered modernist poets. Cummings father was a professor of sociology and political science at harvard university and later a unitarian minister. His many awards included an academy of american poets fellowship, two guggenheim fellowships, and the bollingen prize. Cummings, great american poet, has written a collection of poems for children. Enormous smallness is a nonfiction picture book about the poet e.
Born in cambridge, massachusetts, he studied at harvard university and, during world war i, served with an ambulance corps in france. Cummings, including selected poems, and 100 selected poems by e. Cummings is known for controversial subject matter, as he wrote numerous erotic poems. The book is fun, informative, and it sends a valuable message with wit, creativity and beauty.
A notable example of his versatility is an introduction he wrote for a collection of the comic strip krazy kat. Along with oscar wildes childrens stories and dr seusss books, this is one of the best additions you can ever make to your childs library. Each illustration translates the emotions behind cummingss quicksilver metaphors into unforgettable visual imagery. Discover book depositorys huge selection of e e cummings books online. His signature style is easily identified, which will be new for children to encounter. He and his son were close, and edward was one of his sons most ardent supporters. In her first childrens book, artist mcdonough imagines the motherchild relationship as the centerpiece for the e. He began writing poems as early as 1904 and studie. Edward estlin cummings was born in cambridge, massachusetts, on october 14, 1894.
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