e.e. cummings
Scope|Circulating
Books|Critical Sources|Periodicals,
Journals, & Trade Publications|Web
Sites
|
Scope: e.e. Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 14, 1894.
He was considered a satirist and lyric poet. Cummings led an experimental movement in verse, which included distinctive typographical devises and loose adherence to the traditional rules of punctuation and syntax. (Magill, Critical Survey of Poetry) His writings were often attacks on conformity, progress, and hypocrisy in society. The Enormous Room was a personal account of his World War I experiences in a French concentration camp. |
 |
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Books of E.E. Cummings works are listed in our on-line catalog under, “cummings,
e.e.” and under individual titles.
Books written by and about e.e. cummings have the call number (s)
PS 3505.U334
Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:
Friedman, Norman. E.E. Cummings, the
Growth of a Writer. Carbondale: University of Illinois University Press, 1980.
Kennedy, Richard S. E.E. Cummings
Revisited. New York: Maxwell Macmillan
International, 1994.
Kidder, Rushworth M. E. E. Cummings:
An Introduction to the Poetry. New York:
Columbia University Press, 1979.
Tate, Allen. Six American
Poets from Emily Dickinson to the Present: An
Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1971.
CRITICAL SOURCES
There are books in the Reference Section that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide an overview or summary of the topic.
The following titles are appropriate to this topic:
PS 303.C64 1993 The Columbia History of American poetry
PR 502.C85 Critical Survey of Poetry
PS 21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography
Vol. 4 American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939
PN 771.M3 1991 Major 20th-Century Writers
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a
list of full text journals available through our
databases in:
WEB SITES
Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps
Return to
Poets
Research Guide
Updated
08/16/2007
|
