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Understanding the Enigmatic Genius: E.E. Cummings

Delve into the life and works of E.E. Cummings, a complex artist who celebrated love and embraced the essence of human existence through his unique literary creations. Explore his fascinating journey, challenges he faced, and the literary techniques that defined his distinctive style.

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Understanding the Enigmatic Genius: E.E. Cummings

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  1. E. E. Cummings“I am someone who proudly and humbly affirms that love is the mystery-of-mysteries…that an artist, a man, a failure is…a naturally and miraculously whole human being…whose only happiness is to transcend himself, whose every agony is to grow.” Eileen Doyle-Samay and Lisa Bond

  2. Biography • Born in Caimbridge, massachussetteson Octobeer 14th, 1894 • Father was a Harvard professor, then a Unitarian minister • Mother introduced him to writing • Founded Harvard Poetry Society • Through a printers error his signature developed

  3. More biography • 1926: father died

  4. Criticisms of the Critics • Disliked greatly in his time period • Called hard to read and understand • Accepted by his peers

  5. Literary Devices • Symbolism • Powerful Imagery • Similes • Repetition • Oxymoronic juxtaposition

  6. Poetic Structure • Disjointed structure • Punctuation

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