E.E. CUMMINGS: THE MAGIC MAKER

by Charles Norman ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

ess a critical biography than a tribute, amiable and affectionate, in which ummings emerges as a man with nothing lower-case at all: Charming, Exuberant, ull of an Arrogant Wit, and a Wonderful Poet besides. The author, a longtime friend, presents intimate insights and reminiscent rundowns of all the important phases, from the Cambridge and Harvard years through WWI and Paris, Patching Place and the Village. ome of the incidents have been touched upon elsewhere, some have not- all make lively reading, including the quotable comments from Dos Passons, Pound, Cowley and others. unusual interest are the remarks about Cummings' lesser-known adventures in painting and his fettlesome forerunning in the literature of the Absurd: him, Eimi, and The Enormous Room. The author also resurrects a bit of the poet's very funny and at times remarkably acute criticism written during the '20's and '30's. A really Free Spirit, Cummings cheered up American letters no end, and if in the last pages here we learn e even believed in Flying Saucers, well that only adds to the Happy Legend. A glad, unlit little book.

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Publisher: Duell, Sloan & Pearce

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION